SCO 84-0 ROU: Scotland tee up Pool B decider against Ireland

Graham, the Mastercard Player of the Match, said of the Ireland match-up: "We were waiting for this game to get out of the way. We go to Paris all guns blazing and put on our best performance, time to rest up and kick on next week."

Captain Grant Gilchrist paid tribute to the Scotland players who had been brought into the side for the Romania game, saying it would make team selection difficult for the Ireland match: "It's up to the coaches to put the team together [for Ireland] but a lot of the guys put their hands up today and were outstanding. We know what awaits us next week, it is hugely exciting."

Scotland head coach Gregor Townsend was pleased with his side's performance against Romania, saying: "Our intent to work hard was right there from the beginning and was carried on throughout the game. Romania were very physical, it was tough conditions with the wet ball. We managed the physicality and we kept the performance going."

Townsend, though, knows a bigger challenge lies ahead in the shape of Ireland, adding: "We will sit down tomorrow night and discuss selection. But this gives us really good momentum going into a training week ahead of our biggest game of the World Cup. It's a credit to the 23 tonight who have trained and played well."

Romania second-row Adrian Motoc said: "It was a tough game. Like the first two games, we tried our best for the first 20 minutes. Then we started getting tired, made too many mistakes, yellow cards, it was very tough for the team to play with 12 guys."

With Tonga still to play, Romania head coach Eugen Apjok feels they can still claim a first win of Rugby World Cup 2023 but said: "First of all, we need to learn a lot of things from the first three games we have played. The players need to be more professional and work harder on our fitness levels. After that, the level of everything else will go up."