Duhan van der Merwe became Scotland’s record try scorer before Gregor Townsend’s side bounced back from an unlikely Uruguay comeback to round off their tour of the Americas with a 31-19 victory.
Van der Merwe scored his 28th try to overtake Stuart Hogg as Scotland’s top scorer of all time. The South African-born winger only made his international debut in October 2020 and was winning his 41st cap in Montevideo.
The 26th-minute try followed earlier scores by Ewan Ashman and Luke Crosbie and put Scotland 19-0 ahead. But the home side claimed the next 19 points to threaten a major upset despite being without a number of key players who had been competing at the Sevens event in the Olympics.
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