PARIS: Scotland ran in 12 tries to beat Romania 84-0 and set up a possible Pool B shootout with Ireland at the Rugby World Cup in France.
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Darcy Graham scored a hat-trick of first-half tries, with Ali Price, Matt Fagerson and Hamish Watson also crossing before the break.
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Ollie Smith, Chris Harris, Ben Healy, Johnny Matthews, Graham, and Rory Darge added scores in the second period, with George Horne and Healy maintaining a perfect record with the boot.
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Scotland’s side are likely to need to thrash Ireland and deny Farrell’s side a bonus point in Paris next Saturday.