Scotland kept the pressure on the Springboks and Ireland, moving into second place on the Pool B log with a brilliant 84-00 win against Romania. Scotland started like a house on fire and scored six unanswered tries in the first half, followed by another six in the second half.
Scotland started like a house on fire and scored three tries within the first twenty minutes of the match. Brilliant handling and interplay by Scottish players resulted in stunning tries scored by Hamish Watson, Ali Price and Darcy Graham, extending the Scottish lead to 21-00.
Brilliant defence by Romania, despite two yellow cards which reduced Romania to thirteen players, kept Scotland from scoring for thirteen minutes. However, Darcy Graham cut through the Romanian defence and scored his hat trick and the Scottish bonus point try with seven minutes still to play in the first half.
Tries by Matt Fagerson and Darcy Graham within three minutes of each other extended the Scottish lead to 42-00 just before the halftime break.
Tries by Chris Harris, Ollie Smith, Ben Healy, Johnny Matthews, Rory Darge and Darcy Graham extended Scotland's lead to 84-00 which was also the final score.
Scorers:
Scotland: Tries: Hamish Watson, Ali Price, Darcy Graham (4), Matt Fagerson, Chris Harris, Ollie Smith, Ben Healy, Johnny Matthews, Rory Darge. Conversions: Ben Healy (12).
Teams:
Scotland: 1 Jamie Bhatti, 2 Ewan Ashman, 3 Javan Sebastian, 4 Sam Skinner, 5 Grant Gilchrist (c), 6 Luke Crosbie, 7 Hamish Watson, 8 Matt Fagerson, 9 Ali Price, 10 Ben Healy, 11 Kyle Steyn, 12 Cameron Redpath, 13 Chris Harris, 14 Darcy Graham, 15 Ollie Smith. Replacements: 16 Johnny Matthews, 17 Rory Sutherland, 18 WP Nel, 19 Scott Cummings, 20 Rory Darge, 21 George Horne, 22 Blair Kinghorn, 23 Huw Jones.
Romania: 1 Alexandru Savin, 2 Robert Irimescu, 3 Gheorghe Gajion, 4 Adrian Motoc, 5 Stefan Iancu, 6 Florian Rosu, 7 Dragos Ser, 8 Cristian Chirica (c), 9 Gabriel Rupanu, 10 Alin Conache, 11 Taliauli Sikuea, 12 Fonovai Tangimana, 13 Jason Tomane, 14 Sioeli Lama, 15 Marius Simionescu. Replacements: 16 Florin Bardasu, 17 Iulian Hartig, 18 Costel Burtila, 19 Marius Iftimiciuc, 20 Damian Stratila, 21 Florin Surugiu, 22 Tudor Boldor, 23 Nicholas Onutu.
