- Hooker Ashman and Gregor Townsend’s team complete hat-tricks as they claim their second win on the North and South American tour
- Winger Doohan ties Stuart Hogg on 27 tries after early try at Audi Field
- Scotland now head to South America for two further Test matches against Chile and Uruguay.
US 7 Scotland 42
Ewan Ashman scored three tries and Duhan van der Merwe equalled Scotland’s record for tries in the 42-7 win over the United States in Washington.
Hooker Ashman scored three touchdowns in the first half with a rolling maul as Scotland took control.
Scotland failed to match their 11-try performance against Canada last week, with the second half made even more chaotic by damp and stuffy conditions, but they still managed to score two more goals to secure a comfortable win.
Van der Merwe breaks a tackle before Washington scores an early try.
The winger was congratulated after equalling Stuart Hogg’s try record for Scotland.
Van der Merwe needed just six minutes to equal Stuart Hogg’s Scotland record of 27 tries when he latched on to Adam Hastings’ pass and slotted home.
Hastings added another point to Ashman’s treble, both courtesy of rolling mauls from the lineout, as the team went 28-7 ahead at half-time.
The United States had their own try as Ashman scored, with centre Tommaso Boni going down, while prop David Ainou was sent off for a foul shortly after the home side were booked for repeated fouls.
Scotland’s Dougan van der Merwe and Scott Cummings are competing for the Highball.
Hooker Ewan Ashman scored three tries in Scotland’s crushing win.
Bristol’s outside half AJ McGinty had a shot on target but missed both penalty attempts.
Scotland extended their lead 10 minutes into the second half, scrum-half George Horne sprinting in on the end of Kyle Lowe’s break. Hastings added the conversion.
A stubborn home defence and increasingly fierce fighting in difficult conditions halted the scoring, but Matt Fagerson scored a touchdown with six minutes left after a dominant Scottish scrum, before Ross Thompson completed the scoring with a conversion goal.
