England Saxons 66 Portugal 0: Bath full-back Nick Abendanon impressed as England Saxons overran Portugal at Edgeley Park.

Abendanon played a key role in three of the Saxons' 10 tries and took the man-of-the-match award.

Bristol fly-half Ed Barnes, making his Saxons debut, kicked four conversions and set up a try during his 49 minutes on the field. And Bath prop Nathan Catt, who is yet to play for his club in the Guinness Premiership, came off the bench to make his Saxons bow.

England scored five first-half tries, with Harry Ellis crossing twice and Adam Powell, Tom Varndell and Noah Cato also going over.

Barnes missed with his first attempt at goal of the evening, sending a relatively straightforward penalty off target in the fourth minute.

But he recovered well, and after Ellis had gone over following a scrum, Barnes' perfect kick through the Portugal defence was gathered by Saracens centre Powell, who scored.

Abendanon's kick from deep bounced invitingly for Varndell to score England's third try, before Portugal hooker Joao Correira was yellow-carded for killing the ball.

England scored two tries while Portugal were reduced to 14 men, Ellis going over after another scrum, before Abendanon's pass for Cato to score capped a flowing team move.

It took until 15 minutes after the break for England to add their sixth try, Wasps centre Dominic Waldouck going over after further good work from Abendanon.

Replacement Matt Smith raced in from 35 metres to add a seventh England try as Portugal's part-timers began to tire, with Varndell adding his second and England's eighth soon after.

Jordan Crane and Powell added more tries.

Scorers: England Saxons – Tries: Ellis (2), Powell (2), Varndell (2), Cato, Waldouck, Smith, Crane. Cons: Barnes (4), Goode (4).