Witko scored two of Reading’s tries, while fit-again Alex Dorliac bagged a brace and hooker Josh Nicol, lock Sean Kenneally, scrum half Peter Hurst and winger Martin Shaw also crossed the whitewash.

In reply the visitors scored four tries to earn themselves a bonus point.

The win took Reading above Grove, who they visit this coming Saturday, and ten points clear of Devizes who are in the third from bottom relegation position.

For scrum half Hurst it was a try to savour as he was playing his last match before returning home to his native New Zealand, having been a great asset to the club.

Having been out for a month with an injured shoulder, Dorliac - normally a centre - returned at full back and had an outstanding game, opening the scoring in the third minute. With his elusive running and shrewd kicking he looked a class act and well deserved his two tries, with the first coming after he finished off a well worked handling movement at speed.

The visitors came back and took the lead with a converted try but the lead was recovered again as Nicol threw a line-out short and took the return to score. Dan Witko then crashed through for his first try, which he converted, but another try for the visitors made the half time score 17-12.

Early in the second half a four-try spell in 12 minutes took that to an impregnable 43-12 advantage.

First Dan Witko sped over under the posts before Sean Kenneally finished a good move.

Hurst then scored his try, following some good work from flanker Grant Spears and finally Dorliac turned up at pace to finish another flowing move.

Witko converted three of these tries and the game was effectively won.

To their credit Devizes kept going and scored two more tries but, when they lost the ball at a drive fifty yards from their own line, they found alert Reading winger Martin Shaw racing away for his side’s final score.

The win was based on a good performance from the scrum, where young Ryan Smith is making good progress at prop and back rowers Ash Macnaughton and Grant Spears showed up well. Holding it all together was Tim Macnaughton, outstanding at Number 8.

Overall it was a fine team performance.

In attack, forwards and backs ran hard onto the ball. Ball retention was good, off loads were successful and many good options were taken at the right time.

The spirit and skill of the side, especially in attack, was of high quality, although downsides were the inability to prevent three pushover lineout tries and the loss of six of their own line-outs against a side well-drilled in this area.

Reading travel to Oxfordshire side Grove this Saturday (2pm).

They will be without scrum-half Peter Hurst, who is returning to his home in New Zealand, so Luke Harding, who hasn’t made a first-team appearance since the first match of the season, has a chance to nail down a place.

Josh Nichol will also be unavailable at hooker but apart from that it is a relatively unchanged Reading squad.

The hosts lie a place below Reading in the table but have won three out of five games at home this season.