Rugby World Cup 2011: Dan Parks and Scotland Beat Georgia in Lackluster Win

With about twenty minutes to play, it seemed as though the first team to score a try would win the match.

Because no tries were scored in this match, however, it was Scotland, carried by the boot of Dan Parks, that came away with the 15-6 victory over Georgia in pool play.

Parks scored all 15 points for Scotland with his foot, kicking four penalty goals and one drop goal.

Though a win is a win, one has to imagine that Scotland is again disappointed with its performance.

After a hard-fought win against Romania on the second day of the World Cup Tournament, the Scots made it known they would be ready to send a message against Georgia.

Instead, the Scots bobbled the ball when they had scoring opportunities, were tackled and stopped when they had an open field, dropped kicks and overall, allowed a team to hang around within striking distance while supposedly having control the entire game.

Hopefully for Scotland, the lackluster play against Georgia can be chalked up to the rain and the wet field and ball.

Though Scotland showed moments of superiority over Georgia, both physically and athletically speaking, they were never able to deliver a knock out punch.

With the bottom half of the pool behind them, Scotland will need to prepare for Argentina (ninth in the world) and England (fourth in the world), the team's last two games in pool play.

A long rest should serve Scotland well, as they do not play Argentina until the 25th of September.