Even without their host of British & Irish Lions stars, Ireland ran in a record-breaking 16 tries in a 106-7 rout of Portugal in Lisbon to register their biggest rugby Test win in the first encounter between the two nations.
Connacht pair Hugh Gavin and Shayne Bolton went over twice on their debuts and there was also a brace each for club team-mate and flanker Cian Prendergast and Leinster wing Tommy O'Brien.
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With fly-half Jack Crowley landing 12 of his 15 conversion attempts - Ireland were also awarded a penalty try - the margin of victory eclipsed their previous biggest win when they scored 13 tries in an 83-3 defeat of the USA in 2000.
Ireland's interim head coach Paul O'Connell was without 17 players, who are all on tour with the Lions in Australia, but his new-look side ruthlessly exposed the chasm between them and their hosts.
O'Connell made six changes following last week's 34-5 win against Georgia in Tbilisi and the Irish went over for four converted tries in the opening 14 minutes.
Centre Stuart McCloskey touched down in the corner after full-back Jimmy O'Brien's break straight from the kick off, setting the tone for the match.
Conversely, the result is a devastating one for Portugal - being the heaviest defeat Os Lobos have sustained in their history, with their sole try going to openside flanker, Nicolas Martins in the 54th minute.
It continues a troubling run of results after the high of reaching the 2023 Rugby World Cup - which included an historic defeat of Fiji.
Since then, the Portuguese have gone through three head coaches in as many years.
