First half tries from Pierrick Gunther and Bakkies Botha put the hosts of course for the triumph and they wrapped up the bonus-point thanks to the England full-back’s brace, before Mathieu Bastareaud completed the rout.

The maximum points haul leaves Toulon at the top of the group with an away clash against Cardiff Blues next Sunday.

Llian Perraux opened the scoring at Stade Felix Mayol after Jonny Wilkinson failed to roll away from a ruck but the England fly-half quickly made amends with a penalty of his own.

And the hosts surged into the lead on 15 minutes when Pierrick Gunther pounced on a perfectly weighted Wilkinson grubber.

They stretched their advantage on the half-hour mark. Delon Armitage launched a scintillating counter-attack and linked with Martin.

The wing then released Botha, who dummied past Pierre Berard for a try on his Heineken Cup debut, which Wilkinson converted.

Wilkinson kept the scoreboard ticking but Montpellier began the second-half in similar fashion to the first, with a Perraux penalty.

But Toulon resumed usual order minutes later when Armitage cruised over and he completed his brace on 64 minutes with Wilkinson converting.

Mamuka Gorgodze hit-back in the final ten minutes and Benoit Pailaugue added the extras but it was too little too late for the visitors and Toulon had the final word with a try from Bastareaud, converted by Matt Giteau.