Harlequins claimed their third win from six games in the Premiership this season as they beat Sale 42-26 with a bonus point on Friday.
It was an impressive performance from the hosts and in particular half-back pairing Danny Care and Marcus Smith, who led their charge.
Tim Visser crossed twice while Joe Marler, Joe Marchant and Marland Yarde also scored tries, with Mike Haley, Halani Aulika, Sam James and Ross Harrison going over for the Sharks, who suffer a fourth defeat in the early season.
Quins raced out of the blocks early on and led 21-0 after 24 minutes thanks to tries from Visser, Marler and Marchant, with Care's nice kick setting up the Scotland international for a wonderful opening try, which fly-half Smith converted.
Haley did respond for Sale before the break but with Smith adding two penalties to Harlequins' tally, the hosts held a 27-7 lead at half-time.
Care's boot also set up Visser for his second early in the second-half for the bonus-point before Sale crossed through prop Aulika for 32-12.
Despite an intercept try from centre James bringing Sale back to within 16 points on 65 minutes, Harlequins would have the final say thanks to Yarde's quick tap seeing him go over to put the gloss on an impressive Premiership victory.
The scorers:
For Harlequins:
Tries: Visser 2, Marler, Marchant, Yarde
Cons: Smith 4
Pens: Smith 3
For Sale Sharks:
Tries: Haley, Aulika, James, Harrison
Cons: MacGinty, De Klerk 2
Harlequins: 15 Aaron Morris, 14 Marland Yarde, 13 Joe Marchant, 12 Jamie Roberts, 11 Tim Visser, 10 Marcus Smith, 9 Danny Care, 8 Mat Luamanu, 7 Jack Clifford, 6 Chris Robshaw, 5 James Horwill (c), 4 George Merrick, 3 Will Collier, 2 Dave Ward, 1 Joe Marler
Replacements: 16 Elia Elia, 17 Mark Lambert, 18 Phil Swainston, 19 Charlie Matthews, 20 Ben Glynn, 21 Dave Lewis, 22 Tim Swiel, 23 Alofa Alofa
Sale Sharks: 15 Mike Haley, 14 Denny Solomona, 13 Sam James, 12 Mark Jennings, 11 Byron McGuigan, 10 AJ MacGinty, 9 Faf de Klerk, 8 Josh Strauss, 7 Ben Curry, 6 Jono Ross (c), 5 Josh Beaumont, 4 Bryn Evans, 3 Alex Tarus, 2 Marc Jones, 1 Ross Harrison
Replacements: 16 Rob Webber, 17 James Flynn, 18 Halani Auilka, 19 Andre Ostrikov, 20 TJ Ioane, 21 Cameron Neild, 22 Will Cliff, 23 James O'Connor
Referee: Matthew Carley
Assistant referees: Adam Leal, Wayne Falla
TMO: Stuart Terheege
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