Darcy Graham scored four tries among his country's 12 as Scotland maintained their hopes of reaching the knockout stage of the Rugby World Cup by thrashing Romania 84-0 on Saturday.
Second-placed South Africa would be favoured to beat Tonga on Sunday with a bonus point and therefore finish on 15 points in the table, but they now have to make sure they deliver a clinical performance in Marseille .
Scotland head coach Gregor Townsend made 13 changes to his side from last Sunday's win over Tonga with former abattoir worker Jamie Bhatti and ex-butcher Javan Sebastian starting on either side of the scrum at prop against the Romanians, who are 14 places below them in the world rankings. Their team underlined their need to score at least four tries and build a healthy lead by choosing to kick to the corner over two shots at goal and their early intent was rewarded as flanker Hamish Watson opened the scoring after a delicate Cameron Redpath off-load.
The advantage was stretched to 21-0 by the half-hour mark as lively Graham set up influential Ali Price before the scrum-half repaid the favour for his winger.
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