Connacht ran in eight tries to get their Challenge Cup campaign back on track as they outclassed Georgian side Black Lion in the wind and rain in Galway.
The hosts laid the foundation for victory in the opening half and the Georgians just had no way back at Dexcom Stadium.
Connacht, having blown a 21-0 defeat away to Ospreys on the opening weekend, got the job done by half-time this time with six tries helping them build a 38-0 interval lead.
Skipper Paul Boyle became the 12th Connacht player to score a hat-trick in this competition, and he managed to do it by the break as Stuart Lancaster's side showed a ruthlessness that was absent in Bridgend last weekend.
Boyle got them off the mark after just 54 seconds and he had his hat-trick in the bag by the 28th minute when he secured the bonus point after Caolin Blade had also crossed earlier.
They pushed on from there to the break with tighthead Sam Illo scoring after a break by Boyle when Cathal Forde was the linkman and the centre also supplied the final pass for winger Shayne Bolton to score down the left before the break.
Connacht replaced their front row after 48 minutes, with Kildare native Billy Bohan coming on for his debut and 130kg tighthead Fiachna Barrett winning his fourth cap.
They won penalties in their first two scrums, the first on a Georgian put-in, with Blade getting his second try from the second to push the lead out to 45-0 after 53 minutes.
Full-back Luka Kakhoidze, who played against the Irish U-20s last summer, did most to try to inspire Black Lion but they were outclassed on the night as they fell to the biggest defeat in their third year in the competition.
Connacht, who will conclude their pool with a trip to Montpellier and then host another Top 14 side Montabaun in their final pool match were full of running to the end on a night when new signing Sam Gilbert converted six tries, including a second from Bolton 13 minutes from time after a break from debutant prop Bohan.
Meanwhile, Ulster conceded two late tries and a penalty to go down 29-26 at Cardiff.
Scorers:
Connacht: Tries: Paul Boyle (3), Shayne Bolton (2), Caolin Blade (2), Sam Illo.
Cons: Sam Gilbert (6).
Connacht: Sam Gilbert; Chay Mullins, Hugh Gavin, Cathal Forde, Shayne Bolton; Jack Carty, Caolin Blade; Jordan Duggan, Dave Heffernan, Sam Illo; Darragh Murray, Niall Murray; Sean O'Brien, Shamus Hurley-Langton, Paul Boyle (capt).
Replacements: Dylan Tierney-Martin (Heffernan 48), Billy Bohan (Duggan 48), Fiachna Barrett (Illo 48), Joe Joyce (Darragh Murray h/t), Josh Murphy (Hurley-Langton 51), Matthew Devine (Blade 55), David Hawkshaw (Forde 65), Harry West (Carty 55).
Black Lion: Luka Takaishvili; Akaki Tabutsadze, Demi Tapladze, Tornike Kakhoidze, Shalva Aptsiauri; Luka Tsirekidze, Tengiz Peranidze; Nika Khatiashvili, Irakli Kvatadze, Kakhaber Darbaidze; Mikheil Babunashvili (capt), Demuri Epremidze; Lasha Tsikhistavi, Giorgi Tsutskiridze, Giorgi Sinauridze.
Replacements: Shalva Mamukashvili (Kvatadze 60-67), Vasil Kakovin (Khatiashvili 33), Giorgi Chkhartishvili (Darbaidze 60), Guram Ganiashvili (Epremidze 66), Giorgi Kervalishvili (Tsikhistavi 22), Giorgi Spenderashvili (Aptsiauri 65), Zaur Lutidz (Kakhoidze 55) Sandro Todua (Aptsiauri 60).
