Aviva Premiership
Saracens 23-64 Wasps
Wasps ran in eight tries to stun Saracens and secure a bonus-point win over the Premiership leaders.
An unbelievable first eight minutes at Allianz Park saw Wasps' Charles Piutau, Thomas Young and Dan Robson all cross.
Brad Barritt was driven over for Sarries before Nathan Hughes' double gave Wasps a 31-16 half-time lead.
Jimmy Gopperth, Piutau and Robson added another three tries for Wasps as Sarries conceded the most points at home in their history.
The 64 points by Wasps was also the most they had ever scored away from home in the top flight as they moved up to fourth in the Premiership.
Saracens had won nine successive games against Wasps, but the chance of a 10th was made almost impossible after the scintillating start from the visitors.
Piutau, playing alongside his brother Siale for the first time, dived over in the left corner, with Young then touching down following a fantastic burst from Josh Bassett and scrum-half Robson was given too much space to make it 19-0.
After Barritt reduced the arrears from the bottom of a driving maul, Hughes crashed over to secure the bonus point inside the opening half hour and then added another score shortly after.
There was no let-up in the relentless scoring after the break as the impressive Gopperth wriggled through before All Black Piutau added a seventh try for Wasps.
Gopperth, who scored 23 points in total, sent a penalty over from 50 metres to take Wasps past the 50-point mark in front of a silent home crowd.
Jim Hamilton bundled over for Saracens before Robson raced clear to complete one of the most remarkable victories in recent memory.
Six Nations
Italy 9-40 England
Eddie Jones's unbeaten start to his England coaching career continued with ab win over Italy in Rome that started slowly but ended at pace.
A disjointed first half was enlivened by George Ford's try off turnover possession, although Carlo Canna's boot kept the Azzuri within a score.
But two quick tries from Jonathan Joseph, his fifth and sixth in his past seven Six Nations matches, calmed English anxieties.
And the Bath centre completed his hat-trick with a powerful run into the left-hand corner before Owen Farrell ran onto Jamie George's pass for England's fifth try.
Having beaten the two traditionally weakest nations, England now face the sterner test of Wales in a fortnight before Ireland come calling two weeks further on.
But with their next two matches at home they have the opportunity to build on these early if predictable successes.
Ford and Farrell establish lead
After an early exchange of penalties in a messy opening period, England opened a lead when Mike Brown won a turnover in the Italy 22, Billy Vunipola's smart inside pass finding Ben Youngs down the left and Farrell spotting Ford free on the wing for the fly-half to slide over for his first international try away from home.
Farrell had been off for a head injury assessment, forcing a comprehensive if brief reshuffle of the back line, but it was Italian injuries that really began to count - Marco Fuser, Alessandro Zanni and Gonzalo Garcia all being replaced in the first half-hour.
Canna's third penalty narrowed the visitors' lead to just two points at half-time, not quite the "good hiding" that coach Jones had asked for in the build-up.
Joseph takes charge
England were looking to put the Italian back three under pressure with high kicks but just as last weekend at Murrayfield, silly mistakes and infringements slowed their momentum.
There was limited sign of the fluency Jones had hoped for, and had Canna not hooked a kickable penalty England would have trailed after 50 minutes.
Instead Italy gifted them a second try, Leonardo Sarto's looping, obvious pass on his own 22 picked off by the predatory Joseph for his sixth try in 18 caps.
With Danny Care on for Youngs, Joe Marler for Mako Vunipola and the highly-rated Maro Itoje on for his debut at blind-side flanker, at last the points and panache followed.
Care's cute grubber off a 10-man rolling maul was gathered by Joseph for his second, and with 20-year-old Paul Hill a second debutant off the bench England's forward power enabled them to take a tighter grip.
Joseph fought through three tackles to score in the left-hand corner off more turnover ball and Care fed George who popped a pass out of contact to Farrell as a tiring Italy fell away.
Man of match: Jonathan Joseph
It might be just two matches since an England player last grabbed a Test hat-trick - both Nick Easter and Jack Nowell scored three against Uruguay - but Joseph confirmed his value to England with three contrasting yet equally impressive scores.
Super League
Warrington 38-8 Hull KR
Tom Lineham scored a hat-trick to help Warrington maintain their perfect Super League record by beating Hull KR.
Ben Currie touched down Kurt Gidley's chip to put the Wire ahead, before Joe Westerman powered over a second try.
Lineham crossed to make it 16-0, despite having Gidley sin-binned, with Iain Thornley then going over to reduce the deficit for the visitors.
Two further tries from Lineham and one from Daryl Clark sealed the points, despite Kieran Dixon's consolation try.
Warrington ought to have had the game won before half-time, with Westerman and Daryl Clark both held up over the line as the hosts applied constant pressure to the visitors' line.
Kevin Penny also looked to have gone over, but the try was ruled out for a forward pass in the build-up.
The hosts finally made possession and territory count in the second half, with the result capped off by Clark's tackle-breaking individual run and score late on.
Thornley and Dixon's scores were the only highlights for Rovers, who also lost forward James Donaldson to a serious-looking arm injury midway through the second half.
Widnes 56-12 Leeds
Defending Super League champions Leeds Rhinos suffered a 10-try demolition at Widnes and face an injury crisis before next week's World Club Challenge clash against North Queensland Cowboys.
Leeds lost Tom Briscoe, Carl Ablett and Ashton Golding to injuries as Widnes led 28-6 at the break.
Corey Thompson scored one of five first-half ties and completed his hat-trick after the break.
Victory sees Widnes move top of the Super League table.
Leeds have lost their first two league matches as they prepare to host Australian National Rugby League's North Queensland in the world's premier club showcase event at Headingley next week.
Leeds' opening day loss to Warrington last week saw Danny McGuire go off hurt and subsequently ruled out for up to two months with a knee injury.
Widnes, who secured their Super League status via the Qualifiers last season, made a tremendous start - Kevin Brown orchestrating the opening try with their first foray forward before Charly Runciman dished the ball out superbly to send Stefan Marsh over in the corner.
While Marsh failed to control the ball with a second try begging soon after, Brown put Setaimata Sa through to for his third try in two games before Thompson darted over to put Widnes 16-0 up inside 14 minutes.
More crafty play from Brown sent Lloyd White over to finish a move that he began and Runciman grabbed Vikings' fifth try before Callum Watkins responded for Leeds with the final play of the half.
Watkins' try and Rob Burrow's late touchdown were the only blemishes on a fierce Widnes defensive display against a Leeds outfit that dominated the Northern Hemisphere competition last season with the games' most prolific attack.
Thompson completed his treble with tries either side of Joe Mellor's effort to put the result beyond Leeds' reach, with Connor Farrell and Marsh then running in Widnes' ninth and 10th scores to complete the stunning upset.
Castleford 40-6 Wakefield
Castleford Tigers ran in seven unanswered tries against Wakefield to record their first Super League win of the season.
Stuart Howarth opened the scoring for Wakefield before Denny Solomona, Ben Roberts and Luke Dorn tries put the hosts 18-6 up at the break.
Oliver Holmes went over with Tigers' first attack of the second half.
Further Solomona, Holmes and an Adam Milner try completed the resounding win for the hosts.
The Tigers shared the spoils with Hull KR in their season opener last week, but there was no sign that Wakefield would be given the chance to fight their way back into the contest as Rovers were.
Howarth gave the Wildcats the ideal start with the games' first points, but that was the first and last time they led as Solomina's try was converted by Luke Cale to lock scores up after six minutes.
Roberts then went in to edge the hosts ahead, with Dorn then dummying brilliantly to cross for Castleford's third try.
Holmes quickly added to the advantage after the break, with Milner touching down before Solomona completed his brace.
Junior Moors fended off a series of tacklers and dished the ball off for Holmes to complet the win and consign Wakefield to a second defeat this season.
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