Scotland 56, Portugal 10.

Scotland coach Frank Hadden was able to take a number of ''positive aspects'' out of the 56-10 World Cup bonus-point win over Portugal in St Etienne.

The Scots showed a cutting edge throughout the match and ran in eight tries against the Portuguese, who were making their debut in the tournament.

Dan Parks scored a try and five conversions, while Rory Lamont (two), Scott Lawson, Rob Dewey, Hugo Southwell, Kelly Brown and Ross Ford also went over.

Hadden feels there is more to come from his side, but was satisfied with what we saw in the Scots' opening game of the competition.

''The most important thing was to win with a bonus point,'' he said. ''It was also important to get a game under our belts as it still feels a bit like pre-season.

''We have a bit in our tanks, and we fully expect to slicken up in the games to come.

''We knew it was going to be a hard game. We had to work hard for the win and it wasn't slick but there were positive aspects to come out of it.''

The former Edinburgh coach was full of praise for Portugal, who were committed and made life tough for the Scots.

''I hope they are proud of their performance,'' Hadden added.

''It was only really in their last 10 minutes that they slowed up. They just would not make it easy for us. They have earned the right to be here.We got a very tough work-out but we believe we are making progress.''

Scotland captain Jason White, whose match fitness is improving after a recent injury, added: ''We are delighted to win, first and foremost. It definitely was not easy and they were competitive at the breakdown.

''We have got things to work on, but it is a base to start from.''

The only real negative of the evening was the calf injury suffered by prop Allan Jacobsen.

The Edinburgh front-row forward was forced off at the end of the first half, and was carried down the tunnel on a stretcher with his head in his hands.

''It didn't look good,'' admitted Hadden. ''He will be assessed as soon as possible and he has gone off to hospital for a scan.''

Hadden also revealed centre Marcus Di Rollo had been struggling with an injury from the early stages of the game, which explained his substitution at the start of the second half.

Portugal coach Tomaz Morais admitted he could not have asked for more from his players.

''It was the best we have ever played as a team and we are very proud of the game we played,'' said Morais, who saw Pedro Carvalho go over for a converted try and Duarte Pinto boot a penalty.

''It was as good as we had hoped for. We wanted to show we had excellent spirit and we could put on a good show.

''We hope in the future we can get better results and we committed some mistakes which gave easy tries, but we never gave up."