Oxford Harlequins romped to a 72-3 win against St Ives to record their biggest ever victory in South West 1 with a 12-try demolition.

And although St Ives were limited, they didn't actually play that badly.

Home centre Andy Henley bagged a hat-trick of tries, with wing Tom Johnson and full back Andy Noyce notching doubles.

But it was Henley's midfield partner, Beau Wilson, who emerged as the game's star performer.

St Ives never got the hang of his lines of running and allowed him to create at will.

Quins' opening try came in the first minute as Noyce cantered in on the left wing.

The hosts were looking to attack from everywhere and the only surprise was that it took until nine minutes for them to score again.

This time Johnson finished well from fellow wing Pete Davies's looped pass.

St Ives fly half Mark Crump replied with a penalty for their only points.

Wilson set up try No 3 for Henley after Johnson had reacted first to a bouncing ball, and debutant fly half Mark Preston converted.

Wilson straightened his run perfectly to beat St Ives full back Nick Hitchens for Quins' fourth try.

Preston, who was excellent with ball in hand, made a hash of the conversion and more misses were to come.

Flanker Chris Alcock showed great strength to power over on 31 minutes and Henley shrugged off some weak tackling to notch again just before half-time.

Hitchens was stopped short on 41 minutes, but St Ives were still held up.

A dynamic run from debutant prop Nick Goodger led to try No 7 on 47 minutes as Johnson drove over and Davies converted for 39-3.

The game was over, but Quins kept their slick passing game going.

Replacement flanker Ferdi Gerber took a quick tapped penalty and dived over.

Despite his slight frame, Preston proved a powerful force, but it was a subtle dummy that allowed him to cruise in on the hour mark.

Davies converted this and then his own effort, which came after the handling move of the match.

Scrum half Anthony Cope was denied a deserved try after harshly being penalised for crossing on 75 minutes.

There was still time for Henley to complete his treble from Preston's pass.

Noyce converted and did the same to his own stoppage-time try, which Wilson created with a clinical break.

If Quins can sustain this level of play, then they will take some stopping.

Oxford Harlequins: Noyce, Johnson, A Henley, Wilson, Davies (Lynchsmith 67), Preston, A Cope (capt), Goodger (Mitchell 33-35 blood & 67), Needham, DeLange (Goodger 77), Payne, Eckert, Rowe (Gerber 40), Alcock, Soper.

Referee: M Cooper.

Quins' man-of-the-match: Wilson.

Oxford Harlequins director of rugby Matt Maudsley was delighted with his side's clinical display.

He said: "They were under strength, but we have shown we have the potential to cause lots of sides problems.

"We have strength in depth and the only thing we didn't have was the lineout, but that was a strength last week.

"The team is full of confidence and we even missed a few opportunities.

"If Pete Davies had been a bit deeper, he could have scored a couple more tries and Anthony Cope was unlucky to be penalised for crossing.

"Even though we didn't have Frank Jones, we had a good kicking game."