Scotland 56-10 Portugal: Rory Lamont gets two early tries as the Scots make a great start to their match in St Etienne Scotland go further ahead when Scott Lawson collects Dan Parks' inch-perfect cross-kick and touches down Underdogs Portugal battle on and are rewarded with a deserved try by winger Pedro Carvalho Portugal refuse to give up and are willing to scrap for every ball - as Sean Lamont discovers But Scotland stay firmly in the driving seat and Dan Parks notches a try and four conversions before being replaced Rory Lamont sets up Kelly Brown, whose try puts Scotland within toucing distance of a half century of points And replacement hooker Ross Ford edges Scotland even further ahead with their eighth try of the match Wales 42-17 Canada: Wales' players sing their national anthem ahead of the match against Canada in Nantes Welsh fans are out in force at Stade de la Beaujoire and hope their side make a good start to their World Cup campaign James Hook converts three early penalities to put Wales 9-0 ahead at the 20-minute mark But Canada get the first try of the match when Jamie Cudmore bundles his way through a crowd of players Worse follows for Wales when Craig Culpan runs 80 metres to score another Canadian try Wales need to improve in the second half but find themselves further behind after Morgan Williams' 44th-minute try Trailing 17-9, Wales finally respond and Sonny Parker's try starts the fightback Alun Wyn Jones' try puts Wales into the lead before Shane Williams notches two tries in as many minutes Wales are in control and Colin Charvis' try puts the gloss on what turns out to be a resounding victory Ireland 32-17 Namibia: Brian O'Driscoll touches down and tries from Andrew Trimble and Simon Easterby extend Ireland's lead Jacques Nieuwenhuis registers a try for Namibia - and Piet van Zyl then adds another to worry the Irish Ireland are unconvincing but their victory is sealed when replacement hooker Jerry Flannery goes over for a late try South Africa 59-7 Samoa: Bryan Habana gets four of South Africa's tries as they win comfortably in Paris
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