Scotland waltzed to their first victory at Murrayfield in almost two years, as tiny Portugal were torn apart in a World Cup qualifier.

John Beattie reports (BBC Radio 5 Live)

The home side racked up 13 tries to give their success-starved supporters something to shout about at last.

Centre Jamie Mayer grabbed a hat-trick of tries, while John Leslie, Gregor Townsend and Kenny Logan notched doubles in a hugely one-sided affair against vastly inexperienced opponents.

There were further tries from Gordon Bulloch, Cammy Murray, Eric Peters and Budge Pountney and stand-off Duncan Hodge added 20 points from 10 successful conversions.

Duncan Hodge fights of the tackle of Manuel Ribeoro

But apart from the confidence of finally ending their eight-match losing streak at international level, coach Jim Telfer will have learned little from such a comfortable run-out.

Any hopes of Scotland beating their record score of 89 points, clocked up against the Ivory Coast in the 1995 World Cup, were dashed when they failed to add a 14th try in the dying minutes.

Instead Portugal centre Rohan Hoffman, an Australian with a Scottish grandmother who had already scored a neat drop-goal, finished the scoring with a deserved consolation try for the visitors - a scintillating, length-of-the-field score.

Teams:

Scotland : Townsend, Logan, Mayer, J Leslie, C Murray, Hodge, Redpath Smith, Bullock, Hilton, S Murray, Weir, M Leslie, Peters, Poutney. Replacements : Longstaff, Tait, Armstrong, Wainwright, Grimes, Burnell, Brotherstone.

Portugal: J Gomes, Saldanha, Hoffman, Amarai, Larnas, Mourao, Rocha, Marques, P Silva, Ferreira, Melo, Ribeiro, Barbosa, Castro, Portela. Replacements : Nines, Mota, Pissarra, R Gomes, Carvalho, A Silva, D'Orey.