London Wasps proved too strong for a young Bristol side in the Powergen Cup sixth round as they ran in seven tries to one at the Memorial Stadium with full-back Tom Voyce claiming a hat-trick.
Both sides went into the game after defeats the previous week with Bristol Shoguns going down 23-10 in Division One at London Welsh while Wasps lost 32-22 at Leicester in the Premiership. The two sides had met twice before in the Cup with the honours even.
The visitors included former Bristol players Tim Payne at tighthead prop, Peter Richards in the centre plus acting captain Mark Denney in the centre while centre Fraser Waters started from the bench.
Bristol, with the exception of skipper Dave Hilton, are all in their early 20s and the majority in their first season of senior rugby.
The Shoguns looked set to take an early lead when scrum-half Paul Hodgson broke from a scrum close to his own line. He hacked up field but full-back Voyce beat him to the ball and from the ruck Bristol were awarded a penalty and kicked to touch.
From the lineout Bristol drove towards the Wasps line but a fight broke out and lock Ollie Hodge was yellow carded by referee David Rose. Wasps were awarded a penalty and were able to clear up the field.
But Bristol again pegged the Premiership side back into their own half as James Bailey came off the left wing to join the line at outside centre and fed full-back Sean Marsden, but right wing Michael Griffiths was bundled into touch 10 metres short of the line.
Fly-half Mark van Gisbergen was wide with a 35-metre penalty but Wasps scored two tries in a three-minute spell with Voyce scoring the first midway through the half in the right corner after a break from his own 22 by Richards. Ally Mackenzie claimed the second in the left corner.
Van Gisbergen failed with both conversion attempts and his opposite number Danny Gray was wide with a 20-metre penalty on the half hour.
Wasps were reduced to 14 men just before the interval when openside flanker Johnny O'Connor was the second player to spend time in the sin-bin, this time for punching.
The teams exchanged penalties with van Gisbergen landing his first success from 30 metres out and Gray from 25 metres on the stroke of half-time with the visitors 13-3 in front.
It was 13 minutes before the second-half stalemate was ended as Wasps again scored two tries in a three-minute spell with van Gisbergen scoring the first and Voyce the second as they split a weak defence with van Gisbergen converting both.
With the game going into the final quarter Bristol were awarded a series of penalties close to the Wasps line and they finally worked it wide with Gray giving a long pass to Marsden who fed Bailey, who has scored in the previous three rounds, to score in the corner.
But Wasps came back quickly with two more tries with prop Tim Payne scoring the first and Voyce completing his hat-trick, and centre John Rudd adding another on the stroke of full-time.