The English side secured a bonus point just one minute into the second half as they kept themselves in contention to qualify from Pool 5. Dave Ward, George Merrick and Aaron Morris scored tries before the break with Ruaridh Jackson adding the extras. Charlie Walker streaked home for a fourth a minute into the second half and completed his brace soon after as centre Joe Marchant scored the sixth on the hour mark.

Timisoara stood up well in the final quarter and never gave up but there was only one team which deserved to come out on top. A slow start saw Harlequins frustrated in a scoreless opening quarter, but the visitors cut loose following an early penalty for Saracens from Valentin Calafeteanu.

The Timisoara full-back had put the home side 3-0 up against the run of play, but from then on in it was one-way traffic. With Randall Morrison yellow carded for the Romanians, Harlequins struck. Ward rumbled over for the first and Merrick added a second before Morris made it three tries in 12 minutes before half time. Jackson converted all three scores to put the game out of sight with just 40 minutes gone.

At 21-3 up going into the second half, Harlequins could afford to relax and Walker waltzed in to secure the bonus point before coach John Kingston removed England props Joe Marler and Kyle Sinckler from the fray.

Their absence failed to stop the Quins from piling on the points though and Walker added his second try just four minutes after his first by sending the Romanian defence flying with a brilliant offload. Marchant was the last to get on the scoresheet as Jackson completed a memorable day with the boot by converting all three second-half tries to send his team top of the group.