Scotland 84–0 Romania, 30 September 2023

Men's Rugby World Cup 2023 · Stade Pierre-Mauroy, Lille · 30 September 2023Head-to-head

Full-time report

Scotland won by 84 points.Half-time 42–0 · Tries 12–0 · ROU 3 yellow cards

Pitch map

Layers

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← Romania attack · Scotland attack →Hover a try for detail · dots = tackles made · dashed = penalty goal · orange = missed · squares = rucks · triangles = line breaks and defenders beaten · rings = turnovers · bars at the foot = zone counts · thin lines = kicks from hand = attacking entries and ball won per band

Tries and goal kicks as a table

Min	Team	What	Score
9′	Scotland	Try, Hamish Watson, converted	5–0
17′	Scotland	Try, Ali Price, converted	12–0
21′	Scotland	Try, Darcy Graham, converted	19–0
34′	Scotland	Try, Darcy Graham, converted	26–0
38′	Scotland	Try, Matt Fagerson, converted	33–0
40′	Scotland	Try, Darcy Graham, converted	40–0
45′	Scotland	Try, Chris Harris, converted	47–0
53′	Scotland	Try, Ollie Smith, converted	54–0
58′	Scotland	Try, Ben Healy, converted	61–0
71′	Scotland	Try, Johnny Matthews, converted	68–0
73′	Scotland	Try, Rory Darge, converted	75–0
77′	Scotland	Try, Darcy Graham, converted	82–0

Sample dataTerritory shares are estimated, and tries without a recorded position are placed in the in-goal. Other positions are as logged by the match feed and approximate.

Score progression

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9′Hamish Watson17′Ali Price21′Darcy Graham34′Darcy Graham38′Matt Fagerson40′Darcy Graham45′Chris Harris53′Ollie Smith58′Ben Healy71′Johnny Matthews73′Rory Darge77′Darcy Graham

SCO

Team stats

ROU

59%Possession41%

62%Territory38%

210Carries103

1,154Metres gained302

25Clean breaks1

72Defenders beaten12

298Passes106

27Offloads2

125Tackles made161

12Tackles missed72

97/99Rucks won72/74

14/15Lineouts won10/12

2/4Scrums won7/7

10/10Mauls won5/7

8Turnovers won6

11Penalties conceded10

14Kicks from hand17

452Kick metres465

Goal kicking
SCO conversions 12/12, penalties 0/0 · ROU conversions 0/0, penalties 0/0. Pale segment = set piece lost.

Match statistics and event positions come from World Rugby’s public match feed, which is unofficial and not licensed for reuse; TheBreakdown reduces them to the figures shown.

Line-ups

Scotland

1Jamie BhattiProp
2Ewan AshmanHooker
3Javan SebastianProp
4Sam SkinnerSecond row
5Grant GilchristSecond row
6Luke CrosbieFlanker
7Hamish WatsonFlanker
8Matt FagersonNumber 8
9Ali PriceScrum-half
10Ben HealyFly-half
11Kyle SteynWing
12Cam RedpathCentre
13Chris HarrisCentre
14Darcy GrahamWing
15Ollie SmithFull-back
16Johnny MatthewsBench
17Rory SutherlandBench
18WP NelBench
19Scott CummingsBench
20Rory DargeBench
21George HorneBench
22Blair KinghornBench
23Huw JonesBench

Romania

Match officials

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Assistant referee: Sample Assistant 2
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Context

All-time, Scotland 12–2 Romania in 14 scored Tests. Full head-to-head

Scotland going in

Romania going in

Previous meeting: 10 September 2011, Scotland 34–24 Romania

Also on this day

Results to 27 September 2026. Scoring and line-ups come from World Rugby match summaries where available; older Tests may have neither.