Scotland vs Romania LIVE! Rugby World Cup 2023 match stream, latest score and updates today
Only a perfect finish to their Pool B campaign can save Scotland at the 2023 Rugby World Cup. Always up against it in a mightily tough group and having lost to South Africa to open their tournament, Gregor Townsend’s men face Romania tonight with only one task.
A bonus-point win is the requirement in Lille, and a very achievable one at that. Two heavy defeats have opened the eastern Europeans’ World Cup and their underdog role continues in this game against a Scotland side they have never beaten on this stage.
Scotland got the better of Tonga last weekend and can at least put a bit of scoreboard pressure on South Africa ahead of their game tomorrow, before what is primed to be a win-or-bust showdown with Ireland, who are many people’s favourites to win it all, next Saturday. Follow Scotland vs Romania LIVE via Standard Sport’s match blog!
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Conversion! Scotland 54-0 Romania | 55 mins
Healy’s perfect kicking record for the night continues.
TRY! Scotland 54-0 Romania | Smith, 54’
From one end to the other… and back again!
Rapanu darts out of a line-out and races at the Scottish defence, kicking through and losing out comfortably to Smith.
And then Smith goes on a rampage at the Romanian defence, holding off a bunch of tackles to tumble over!
Scotland 49-0 Romania | 49 mins
Redpath is held up on the line with some last-gasp defending before Bhatti darts in and over!
TMO will check the grounding… he’s dropped it. Wayne Barnes is told to bring it back to Scotland’s advantage for an offside.
Conversion! Scotland 49-0 Romania | 47 mins
Lovely kick from Healy to set that try up and lovely kick to add the extras.
TRY! Scotland 47-0 Romania | Harris, 47′
Graham manages to hold onto a bobble or two as he handles the ball before Healy kicks cross field which Redpath reads excellently, and Harris goes over in the corner!
Scotland 42-0 Romania | 45 mins
A fairly solid start to the half from the eastern Europeans until a knock-on sees them defending a scrum inside their own half.
Romania have actually won the majority of scrums so far and manage to hold on again here!
And yet… the penalty kick misses touch and Scotland are back in possession.
Scotland 42-0 Romania | 43 mins
Romania’s man disadvantage is back to one with only the No15 Simionescu absent for his high tackle on Smith shortly before the fifth try.
Scotland 42-0 Romania | Kick-off!
The second half begins with Scotland looking to rack up as many points as possible before next weekend’s showdown with Ireland.
