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Scotland head coach Gregor Townsend said Saturday’s 84-0 win over Romania gives his side “good momentum” before next week’s Rugby World Cup showdown with Ireland.
Townsend’s side sit third in Pool B after the bonus-point victory and head to Paris for a crucial match against the world’s top-ranked team next Saturday.

They will need victory at the Stade de France against a team that has beaten reigning champions South Africa in this tournament to at least finish on the same number of points as Ireland.
Former Scotland fly-half Townsend made 13 changes to his team and winger Darcy Graham scored four of the Scots’ 12 tries.
“We’ll sit down tomorrow and discuss selection, but this gives us really good momentum ahead of our biggest game of the World Cup,” Townsend said.
“It’s a real credit to the 23 tonight and sets up whoever plays against Ireland with a lot of positivity,” he added.
Townsend’s Romania counterpart Eugen Apjok blamed the heavy defeat on three players — hooker Robert Irimescu, flanker Florian Rosu and full-back Marius Simionescu — being sent to the sin bin just before half-time.
“We lost the balance of the game we when were shown yellow cards,” Apjok told reporters.
“It made a difference but we expected more from our players.
“That was the main difference,” the former Romania fly-half added.
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