White said there is still plenty of room for improvement

Chris Paterson scored the opening try on 70 seconds, with three more coming from Ally Hogg and two by Rory Lamont.

"We knew Romania were going to be tough and they were," said White.

"That wasn't good enough to live with the All Blacks. We'll do our homework, rest up for a couple of days and then look to improve for the weekend."

Scotland have just four days off before facing the tournament favourites but coach Frank Hadden focussed on a clinical showing against Romania, and was particularly delighted to see them prevented from scoring.

"I'm very happy with the 'nil'. It's extremely important to make sure the defence is in working order," he said.

"Some aspects of the performance in attack were quite impressive as well."

It's a heavy defeat; I think my players were tired from the Italy game Romania coach Robert Antonin

Murrayfield was half-full for the game, but Haddon said the size of the crowd was good news.

"I'm particularly happy with the 31,000 crowd, we're absolutely delighted, it's our biggest ever crowd for Romania," he said.

"I'm delighted that the people of Scotland wanted to show their appreciation for the long, hard preparation that we've put in.

"We have only played four times this season, so it's hard to peak at this stage," he said.

"We approached the game in the right manner and got the right result."

His Romanian counterpart Robert Antonin blamed the defeat on his players having failed to fully recover from their exertions against Italy six days earlier.

"It's a heavy defeat. I think my players were tired from the Italy game," he said.