Winning start for Scotland

Scotland got their World Cup campaign off to a solid start with 56-10 victory over Portugal on Sunday.

But the losers were by no means disgraced in their first World Cup appearance.

Fullback Rory Lamont scored twice and hooker Scott Lawson grabbed a third as Scotland started well.

But Portugal winger Pedro Carvalho then made his mark on rugby history when he crossed in the 28th minute for his country's first-ever World Cup try.

Rob Dewey added a fourth try for Scotland to earn a 28-10 half-time lead.

But they had to wait until the 57th minute for their next score from Dan Parks.

Hugo Southwell, Kelly Brown, and Ross Ford added further scores for the Scots, who now have to wait nine days before facing Romania in Edinburgh.

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