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Date Time Competition Season
30 September 2023 8:00 pm Rugby World Cup 2023/24

Match Report

Scotland Cruise To One Sided Romania Win

Scotland have secured a dominant 84-0 win over Romania at the Stade Pierre-Mauroy in Lille. The expectation was for Gregor Townsend's squad is to secure a bonus-point victory against a struggling Romanian side, but they exceeded expectations with the one-sided win.

Scotland scored 12 tries through Hamish Watson, Ali Price, four from Darcy Graham, Matt Fagerson, Chris Harris, Ollie Smith, Ben Healy, Ollie Matthews, and Rory Darge. Ben Health was perfect from the kicking tee, with 11 successful conversions and Blair Kinghorn added the twelfth from the tee.

Scotland started with plenty of possession, and it was a matter of time before the floodgates opened. Hamish Watson popped up in midfield to receive a Redpath offload to race on an outside arc to the corner and get his side off the mark.

Minutes later, Scottish lineout midway into the Romania was the platform before Price released the ball to Healy, who found Darcy Graham off his wing and through a midfield gap to bear down on the fullback and pass right to Price who ran in unopposed.

Romania could not get a foothold and Scotland looked impressive, dominating in terms of both territory and possession. Darcy Graham popped up everywhere and split the Romania defence to score a first half hat-trick and Matt Fagerson barrelled over from short distance just before the break.

Healy was perfect from the kicking tee and sent his side in 42-0 ahead at half time.

The misery continued for Romania in the second-half with Scotland continuing to go up through the gears.

After 45 mins, Healy chipped a lovely cross kick wide to Redpath who popped it to the looping Harris to grab a try. Ollie Smith and Ben Healy then touched down in quick succession, with Healy continuing his 100% record from the tee.

Cummins stole a Romania lineout and the ball was moved sharpish to Kinghorn who is sprinted it into the opposition half, finding George Horne who pops it back inside to debutant Matthews to gallop under the sticks and brought the score to 70-0.

Substitutes Rory Darge and Johnny Matthews both got in on the action, grabbing a try each to rub salt in the wounds of a struggling Romania.

Scotland will now be facing Ireland in the last round of pool B next week high on confidence after a strong display.

Scotland

15Ollie Smith 22 Full-Back 70'
14Darcy Graham Winger 20', 33', 39', 78'
13Chris Harris 23 Centre 45'
12Cameron Redpath Centre
11Kyle Steyn Winger
10Ben Healy Fly-Half 8', 16', 21', 29', 33', 39', 45', 49', 58', 70', 72'
9Ali Price 21 Scrum-Half 16'
1Jamie Bhatti 17 Prop
2Ewan Ashman 16 Hooker
3Javan Sebastian 18 Prop
4Sam Skinner Lock
5Grant Gilchrist 19 Lock
6Luke Crosbie Flanker
7Hamish Watson 20 Flanker 8'
8Matt Fagerson No. 8 33'
16Johnny Matthews 2 Hooker 72'
17Rory Sutherland 1 Prop
18WP Nel 3 Prop
19Scott Cummings 5 Lock
20Rory Darge 7 Flanker 74'
21George Horne 9 Scrum-Half
22Blair Kinghorn 15 Back
23Huw Jones 13 Centre

Romania

15Marius Simionescu Full-Back
14Sioeli Lama Winger
13Jason Tomane Centre
12Fonovai Tangimana 23 Centre
11Taliauli Sikuea Winger
10Alin Conache 22 Fly-Half
9Gabriel Rupanu 21 Scrum-Half
1Alexandru Savin 17 Prop
2Robert Irimescu 16 Hooker
3Gheorghe Gajion 18 Prop
4Adrian Motoc Lock
5Ștefan Iancu 19 Lock
6Florian Roșu Flanker
7Dragoș Ser Flanker
8Cristian Chirica 20 No. 8
16Florin Bărdașu 2 Hooker
17Iulian Harțig 1 Prop
18Costel Burțilă 3
19Marius Iftimiciuc 5 Lock
20Damian Strătilă 8 Flanker
21Florin Surugiu 9
22Tudor Boldor 10
23Nicolas Onuțu 12 Winger

Ground

Stade Pierre-Mauroy
261 Bd de Tournai, 59650 Villeneuve-d'Ascq, France

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