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Fully-fit Darcy Graham declared that he and Duhan van der Merwe are intent on filling their boots at the World Cup as they chase down Scotland\u2019s all-time try record.<\/p>\n
The free-scoring Edinburgh pair have developed into two of the most dangerous wings in world rugby and are aiming to showcase their finishing ability on the biggest stage of all in France, with the formidable South Africans first up in Marseille on Sunday evening.<\/p>\n
The recently-retired Stuart Hogg currently holds the Scottish record with 27 but Van Der Merwe has got himself up to joint-fifth with Tommy Seymour after scoring three in his last two matches to take his tally to 20, while Graham is sixth with 19 after scoring seven tries in his last four international outings.<\/p>\n
\u201cYes, definitely,\u201d said Graham when asked if he sees the World Cup as a good chance to get closer to top spot. \u201cObviously Hoggy\u2019s got it and me and Duhan are hunting him down.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe\u2019re both pretty confident we\u2019re going to break it, it\u2019s just about who\u2019s going to do it first. We\u2019re having a wee competition between ourselves.<\/p>\n
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\u201cI\u2019ve played with Duhan for a while now and when he scores I\u2019m chuffed to bits for him but we\u2019re hunting the record down.\u201d<\/p>\n
The Scots have one of the most rampant attacks in the world at present, and the talismanic Graham believes his impressive scoring record \u2013 and that of his fellow backs \u2013 is down to the way the team have been functioning.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe\u2019ve improved massively over the last two years as a Scotland team and everybody knows their jobs,\u201d said the wing, speaking at a press conference in Aix-en-Provence, just north of Marseille, on the eve of the Springboks showdown.<\/p>\n
\u201cYou look at me, Kyle (Steyn, who has three tries in his last two games) and Duhan, we\u2019re all scoring. We\u2019ve scored tries every game this season.<\/p>\n
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\u201cBut that\u2019s our jobs, we\u2019ve got to take our chances. We might only get a couple against South Africa and we\u2019ve got to take them.<\/p>\n
\u201cThat\u2019s what we\u2019re there to do, to finish off those tries out wide and I think there will be a huge opportunity tomorrow for us to do that.\u201d<\/p>\n
Graham missed the entire Six Nations earlier this year with a knee injury sustained in December and there was mild concern about his fitness for the South Africa game when he withdrew from the team to face Georgia in the last warm-up match two weeks ago.<\/p>\n
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