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Our referee tonight is Wayne Barnes from England, and he will be assisted by Angus Gardner from Australia and James Doleman from New Zealand. Brendon Pickerill from New Zealand is our TMO.
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Romania: 15 Marius Simionescu, 14 Sioeli Lama, 13 Jason Tomane, 12 Fonovai Tangimana, 11 Taliauli Sikuea, 10 Alin Conache, 9 Gabriel Rupanu, 8 Cristi Chirica (captain), 7 Dragos Ser, 6 Florian Rosu, 5 Stefan Iancu, 4 Adrian Motoc, 3 Gheorghe Gajion, 2 Robert Irimescu, 1 Alexandru Savin. Replacements: 16 Florin Bardasu, 17 Iulian Hartig, 18 Costel Burtila, 19 Marius Iftimiciuic, 21 Damian Stratila, 21 Florin Surugiu, 22 Todor Boldor, 23 Nicolas Onitu.
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Scotland: 15 Ollie Smith, 14 Darcy Graham, 13 Chris Harris, 12 Cameron Redpath, 11 Kyle Steyn, 10 Ben Healy, 9 Ali Price, 8 Matt Fagerson, 7 Hamish Watson, 6 Luke Crosbie, 5 Grant Gilchrist (captain), 4 Sam Skinner, 3 Javan Sebastian, 2 Ewan Ashman, 1 Jamie Bhatti. 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.
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In their 2007 World Cup clash, Scotland ran out 42-0 winners, and their most recent meeting was in the 2011 World Cup, Romania putting up a superb fight to lose by just 34-24.
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Scotland have won all five of the most recent meetings between the two sides, starting with a 37-10 win in 2002. Their next meeting was in 2005, with Scotland winning 19-39, and the follow year they won 48-6.
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This will be the fourth World Cup meeting between the two sides, who first met in the 1987 Cup. Their next two meetings were in 2007 and 2011.
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The two teams have met 13 times over the years, with Scotland winning 11 matches and Romania picking up two wins. The points spread is 475-192 in favour of Scotland.
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The two teams have met 13 times over the years, with Scotland winning 11 matches and Romania picking up two wins. The points spread is 475-192 in favour of Scotland.
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Scotland kicked-off with an 18-3 loss to South Africa, but followed it up with a 45-17 win over Tonga to keep their quarter-final hopes alive. After today's match they will front up to Ireland, who won't have played for a fortnight, which could give Scotland a vital edge in what would be a must-win game for them.
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Romania started this World Cup with a disastrous 82-8 loss to No 1 ranked Ireland. They followed that up with a 76-0 loss to South Africa. After this match with Scotland that will be up against Tonga in the final match of Pool A.
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Scotland have won 24 of their 42 matches, losing 17 and drawing just once.
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Scotland have made it out of the pool stage in all but two of their World Cup appearances. They went out in the quarters on six occasions, making it to the semi-final only once, in 1991, when they lost the third-place playoff match.
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Romania have never made it out of the pool stage, losing 22 of their 28 matches, winning just 6.
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Scotland are ranked 15th in the world and have appeared in 9 World Cups.
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Romania are ranked 19 in the world and have appeared at the World Cup 8 times.
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Scotland have a lot riding on this match… as they need to win big tonight and then hope to beat Ireland as that should put them through to the quarter-finals.
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Romania have already been eliminated from the World Cup, so this match is simply a chance for them to play for honour and their reputations.
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Good evening and welcome to our live coverage of the Pool B clash between Scotland and Romania from Stade Pierre-Mauroy in Lille.
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KICK-OFF! We're underway with the first half of Scotland vs Romania, a must-win for Scotland to stay in the hunt for the quarter-finals!
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Scotland piling on the pressure from the start. They win a penalty just inside Romania's 10m and kick into the corner for the lineout.
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The kick is too deep and Romania will have the scrum… they run the ball and drive Scotland over their halfway line before conceding a scrum to Scotland.
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Romania penalised for not driving the scrum straight… Scotland kick the penalty for touch but they fail to get it and Romania kick it back to their 10m line for some relief.
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TRY, SCOTLAND, WATSON! 5-0; Ollie Smith with a great drive into the Romania half, Scotland keep driving and the ball is fed from Redpath on the deck to Watson who catches it and drives over for the opening score.
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CONVERSION, SCOTLAND, HEALY! 7-0; Lovely kick from wide of the posts.
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Scotland win the ball and keep driving forward, running the line… it's not looking promising for Romania…
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Scotland keep driving but they are blown for a foul and Romania clear up the line and will have the throw.
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Scotland press up again, lose the ball to Romania but force them out to touch for the throw.
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TRY, SCOTLAND, PRICE! 12-0; Price runs the line from the 10m line, it breaks through Romania's defence and the ball is fed back to Price, who darts 20m through and over the line.
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CONVERSION, SCOTLAND, HEALY! 14-0; Much easier kick from just to the right of the posts.
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TRY, SCOTLAND, GRAHAM! 19-0; Scotland scrumming on the 10m, the ball comes out and the switch pass finds Graham and he serves and switches through Romania's defence and through for the try.
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CONVERSION, SCOTLAND, HEALY! 21-0; Another regulation conversion.
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Great drive from Romania, but they are pulled down inside the 22, and then blown for a penalty, which Scotland clear.
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Scotland press up into the Romania 22, but Romania win the ball and drive out and clear the danger.
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YELLOW, ROMANIA, IRIMSECU. TMO took some time to check and ruled a dangerous tackle.
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Scotland power over through Romania's defence, driving through and over the line, but the TMO has to rule on this one…
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Scotland power over the line but the ball is dropped before it goes down… scrum Romania.
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TMO says NO… but Scotland have the penalty and kick it into touch for the lineout.
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TRY, SCOTLAND, GRAHAM! 26-0; Scotland driving hard at Romania, there's an overlap and Graham breaks through the line and races over for another try.
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CONVERSION, SCOTLAND, HEALY! 28-0.
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GREAT PLAY! Scotland go blindside from the scrum inside the Romania 22… then drive back inside and to the far touchline where Romania stop the run with a crunching tackle… but it's fed back inside to Fagerson who powers over for the try.
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CONVERSION, SCOTLAND, HEALY! 35-0.
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YELLOW CARD, ROMANIA, SIMIONESCU. Terrible news for Romania, who go down to 12 players as it stands. Simionescu led with the shoulder to the head… not terribly malicious but he could have withdrawn rather than make a dangerous challenge.
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TRY, SCOTLAND, FAGERSON! 33-0. Lovely team try.
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TRY, SCOTLAND, GRAHAM! 40-0; A hat-trick for the winger after some super slick running and interplay by the Scottish backline.
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CONVERSION, SCOTLAND, HEALY! 42-0; Easy as pie for Healy.
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HALF-TIME, SCOTLAND 42-0 ROMANIA. Heartbreaking for Romania, and not helped by a spread of yellow cards. For Scotland it's become a walk in the park… are they going to crack 100… or will Romania find some fight to give Scotland a challenge in the second half? All will be revealed shortly…
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Romania run from the kick-off, but can't get past their 22… and Scotland steal possession.
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Romania run from the kick-off, but can't get past their 22… and Scotland steal possession.
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KICK-OFF… we're underway with the second half… what does it have in store for Romania?
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Scotland drive Romania back, but they are blown for a high tackle and Romania clear with a kick from close to their line.
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Romania feed the scrum and the ball is spun out to the line… but it's knocked on so Scotland will feed the scrum.
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TRY, SCOTLAND, HARRIS! 47-0; Scotland run the line and break through the first line of defence… they run right then left… Romania's defenders are holding them back… but Harris comes sprinting through to collect the pass and speed over for a try.
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CONVERSION, SCOTLAND, HEALY! 49-0; Sweetly hit from the left of the poles.
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Scotland keep hammering away at the Romania defence, driving deep into the 22… they go over the line twice, the first with no touch-down… but the second is down but the ref asks the TMO to run the rule.
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TMO says no, so Scotland have the penalty and kick into touch for the 5m lineout…
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Scotland run the line to the far touchline, Graham twice trying to crash over for another try but being held up by the Romanian defence.
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Scotland intercept and run the line to the right, Graham again racing for the line but being forced out.
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TRY, SCOTLAND, SMITH! 54-0; Rupanu breaks from the 5m line through the Scotland defence, chips over the defence… but Smith collects and then drives all the way back through the Romanian defence, was held up briefly but then presses over for the try.
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CONVERSION, SCOTLAND, HEALY! 56-0.
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TRY, SCOTLAND, HEALY! 61-0; Scotland just powering over Romania, a beautiful break through the line from Smith, who passes inside to Graham whose own pass finds Healy, who has a fairly easy path to dotting down under the posts.
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CONVERSION, SCOTLAND, HEALY! 63-0; No prob from under the poles.
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Scotland drive forward again, this time they knock on on the halfway line, so Romania will feed the scrum.
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Great play from Romania, who find. burst of energy to power back at Scotland, winning a kick to touch inside the Scottish 22.
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Romania drive through seven phases to edge towards the Scottish tryline… they pick and drive for an eighth time, but this time they win a penalty on the 5m line.
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Romania rise high to claim the throw, but Scotland concede another penalty, again kicked into touch.
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Romania run the ball again, driving hard at the 5m line… they want their try… there's a cross-kick to the far touchline but it's too deep! NOOOOO! Scotland will feed the lineout. Such a wasted opportunity for Romania.
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Romania knuckle down, win the ball and press hard into the Scottish half, but Scotland are blown for the foul.
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TRY, SCOTLAND, MATTHEWS! 68-0; Scotland win the lineout and the ball flies down the line, Kinghorn draws his man and a tackler, there's another pass and then it's on to Matthews to drive over the line for a try on his Test debut.
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CONVERSION, SCOTLAND, HEALY! 70-0
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TRY, SCOTLAND, DARGE! 75-0; Rory Darge picks up the final pass after another lovely passing movement and sprints through and over the line for a try.
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CONVERSION, SCOTLAND, HEALY! 77-0.
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Scotland ruthlessly keep driving forward, sapping the last ounces of energy from the Romanians…
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TRY, SCOTLAND, GRAHAM! 82-0; Graham slips through a few defenders to dot down his fourth try of the night.
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CONVERSION, SCOTLAND, HEALY! 84-0.
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