Pool B in the Rugby World Cup was dubbed the group of death from the off and Scotland are facing an uphill battle to advance with just one game to go.
After breezing past Tonga and Romania, Gregor Townsend and co are getting ready for a sure-to-be sensational clash with Ireland that is anything but a winner-takes-all match.
A new set of permutations seems to pop up for just about every point difference imaginable but there are a few scenarios that seem more straightforward than others, with Scotland having to run the score up against one of the tournament's favourites.
A Scotland XV with 13 changes to the starting line-up faced Romania on Saturday and it was an 84-0 trouncing in the Scots' favour with Darcy Graham and Hamish Watson among the players who made a claim to play in the do-or-die game coming up this weekend.