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Mon 09 Sep 2007Impressive Scotland hit the ground runningPool C/Scotland 56 Portugal 10:Potent Scotland laid down a marker by running in eight tries against World Cup debutants Portugal in an entertaining Pool C clash in St Etienne yesterday.Stellar fly-half Dan Parks scored a try and five conversions to grab a 15-point personal haul, while Rory Lamont (two), Scott Lawson, Rob Dewey, Hugo Southwell and substitutes Kelly Brown and Ross Ford also went over for tries.