´óÏó´«Ã½

Northampton secured a European Challenge Cup quarter-final place with a 17-try trashing of Timisoara.

The hosts secured their bonus point by the 23rd minute with Luther Burrell, Reece Marshall, Rory Hutchinson and Alex Mitchell going over.

But that was just the start of the rampage as Ollie Sleightholme scored four, Mitchell grabbed a hat-trick and Mitch Eadie went over twice.

Saints now face an away tie in the last eight after a record European victory.

Andrew Kellaway, Alex Coles, Lewis Ludlam, Nafi Tuitavake and Tom Collins also scored tries for a rampant Northampton.

Northampton Saints assistant coach Matt Ferguson told ´óÏó´«Ã½ Radio Northampton:

"We will have some frustration that our accuracy was not as good as it should have been.

"There is a difference between relentlessness and accuracy, so the will to want to carry, the will to want to play is different to keeping the ball.

"We just felt a little bit, on occasions, that some people got a little excited and took that extra yard too many. The best tries today came from when we played our patterns."

Northampton: Furbank; Sleightholme, Hutchinson, Burrell, Kellaway; Grayson, Mitchell; Waller (capt), Marshall, Hill, Ribbans, Barrow, Gibson, Ludlam, Eadie.

Replacements: Fish, Davis, Ford-Robinson, Coles, Wood, Davies, Tuitavake, Collins.

Timisoara: Simionescu; Zaharia, Popa, Umaga, Manumua; Samoa, Rupanu; Taupaki, Radoi, Pungea, Lazar, Iftimiciuc, Sabau, Rus, Tatarus.

Replacements: Capatina, Militaru, Halalilo, Stewart, Whitehurst, Neculau, Moala, Shennan.

Referee: Joy Neville (Ire).

For the latest rugby union news follow on Twitter.