World News - Scotland edge to win over Romania

Danielli was the hero for Scotland late in the match Two late tries from Simon Danielli spared Scotland's blushes against Romania in their opening Rugby World Cup match.

Scotland, who had only lost twice to their opponents in 12 meetings, were 24-21 behind with just 12 minutes remaining having led 21-11.

Chris Paterson, who kicked 14 points, pulled his side level before Danielli finished off a great move.

Danielli went over again as Scotland gained a bonus point.

They were two outstanding scores, but Scotland's performance was marred by handling errors, nerves and an unconvincing pack.

Andy Robinson's men appeared to be cruising after Mike Blair and Joe Ansbro had moved them into a 15-3 lead after 20 minutes.

However, Romania's superior forward strength began to cause panic among the men in blue who conceded their first try when Mihaita Lazar touched down following a rolling maul.

Continue reading the main story Scotland captain Alastair Kellock
It was 18-11 at the break and the teams exchanged penalties before number eight Daniel Carpo broke off a scrum to score and move The Oaks into a shock 24-21 lead.

However, Scotland rediscovered their verve of the first few minutes as Danielli rounded off two superb moves to give his side victory.

Captain Alastair Kellock said his side's "simple errors" would be easy to fix.

"Our finishing at times was outstanding and I thought our back three were outstanding, we didn't give them very much good ball," he added afterwards.

"But we are disappointed with some aspects of our game. We were in a tough situation with about 10-15 minutes to go and, credit to us, we dug it out.

"But we made a lot of errors in the middle 40 minutes and we've got to cut them out - simple things and simple things are generally easy to fix."

Scotland play Pool B opponents Georgia on Wednesday, before facing Argentina and then England.





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