Sport | Graham magic keeps Scotland’s World Cup last-eight hopes intact

Darcy Graham of Scotland scores the team’s twelfth try against Romania at Stade Pierre Mauroy in Lille. (Photo by Stu Forster/Getty Images)

• Darcy Graham scored four of Scotland’s 12 tries against the hapless Romanians in Lille on Saturday.
• The Scots’ hopes of reaching the last-eight are still alive, and they next face Pool B’s top-ranked Ireland next Saturday.
• They will need victory at the Stade de France to at least finish on the same number of points as Ireland at the conclusion of the pool stages.
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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.

Scotland sit third in Pool B after the bonus-point win and head to Paris to face the world’s top-ranked team Ireland next Saturday.

They will need victory at the Stade de France to at least finish on the same number of points as Ireland.