Van der Merwe equals Scotland record in win over USA

USA (7) 7

Try: Boni Con: MacGinty

Scotland (28) 42

Try: Van der Merwe, Ashman (3), Horne, M Fagerson Con: Hastings (5), Thompson

Scotland made it 2 wins from 2 connected their summertime circuit pinch a comfortable triumph complete USA successful Washington DC.

Duhan van der Merwe opened nan scoring for Gregor Townsend's broadside pinch his 27th world try, equalling Stuart Hogg's grounds try-scoring tally for Scotland.

Hooker Ewan Ashman past took centre stage, scoring a first-half hat-trick astatine nan backmost of a ascendant Scottish maul, while Tommaso Boni capitalised connected Matt Fagerson's correction for nan hosts' only try.

Further tries from George Horne and Matt Fagerson successful nan 2nd half took Scotland past nan 40-point people and helped them build connected past week's comprehensive triumph complete Canada.

The Scots now caput for South America, wherever they play 2 further Tests against Chile (20 July) and Uruguay (27 July).

Townsend made 15 changes to nan broadside that crushed Canada past clip out, recalling nan much knowledgeable members of his squad, arsenic he looked to debar a repetition of nan 2018 nonaccomplishment to nan US successful Houston.

The opening six minutes saw Scotland stamp their authority connected nan contest, arsenic they dominated some territory and possession earlier breaching nan US defence.

Van der Merwe came disconnected his wing, ran an fantabulous statement and punched done a spread earlier coasting nether nan posts. It is now only a matter of clip earlier he stands unsocial arsenic Scotland's top ever effort scorer.

From there, Scotland's battalion took charge. Ewan Ashman dotted down doubly aft nan visitors' maul marched unchecked complete nan try-line.

After David Ainu’u was sin-binned for nan hosts, nan one-way postulation seemed apt to continue, but AJ MacGinty pounced connected Fagerson's handling correction and Boni collapsed complete from adjacent scope to springiness nan locals thing to cheer.

Any location optimism was diminished soon aft though. Another lineout successful nan American 22 saw Ashman break distant for his 3rd effort and sent Scotland into half-time pinch a 21-point lead.

Substitutions connected some sides disrupted nan travel of nan crippled successful nan 2nd half, and Scotland struggled to make inroads arsenic often arsenic they did earlier nan break, pinch a adjacent fewer players flagging successful energy-sapping conditions.

Still, nan awesome Kyle Rowe recovered abstraction down nan right-hand broadside earlier releasing Horne to people Scotland's 5th effort nether nan posts, and different show of spot from nan visiting battalion saw Fagerson adhd a sixth successful nan closing stages.

USA: Carty, Mooneyham, Lopeti, Boni, Augspurger; MacGinty, Smith; Iscaro, Fawsitt, Ainu'u, Helu, Peterson (c), Golla, Ryan, Fa'anana-Schultz.

Replacements: Pifeleti, Turnbull, Mullen, Uhila, Bonasso, McVeigh, Campbell, Wilson.

Scotland: Rowe, Steyn, Jones, Tuipulotu (cc), Van der Merwe, Hastings, Horne; Schoeman, Ashman, Walker, Cummings, Craig, Ritchie, Darge (cc), M Fagerson.

Replacements: Smith, Sutherland, Millar Mills, Williamson, Crosbie, Dobie, Thompson, Currie.

Referee: Jordan Way (Australia).