WASHINGTON DC (Reuters) – Scotland winger Duhan van der Merwe equalled his country’s record for the most tries while Ewan Ashman scored a hattrick as they beat hosts United States 42-7 in their test at Audi Field on Friday.
Van der Merwe opened the scoring after six minutes to equal Stuart Hogg’s 27-try record but it was hooker Ashman who led the scoring with three tries in the first half, as Scotland repeatedly went over from lineout mauls.
Scotland, playing a second game on their month-long tour of the Americas after thrashing Canada in Ottawa last weekend, finished with a total of six tries. George Horne and Matt Fagerson scored the other two, while Adam Hastings kicked over five conversions on his return to the Scots’ lineup after a two-year injury layoff.
The hosts’ only score was a first half try from centre Tommaso Boni, converted by AJ McGinty, in a test characterised by numerous handling errors.
Scotland next take on Chile in Santiago on July 20 and conclude their tour against Uruguay in Montevideo one week later.
(Reporting by Mark Gleeson; Editing by Miral Fahmy)
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