Ewan Ashman thanks Scotland ‘big boys’ who pushed him over for try treble

Ewan Ashman praised his fellow forwards for laying his hat-trick of tries on a plate as Scotland secured a “scrappy” 42-7 win over the United States in Washington on Friday night.

The 24-year-old Edinburgh hooker was the beneficiary of some effective rolling mauls from the Scots as he helped himself to an “easy” first-half treble.

Duhan van der Merwe – now Scotland’s joint-highest try-scorer of all time alongside Stuart Hogg on 27 – George Horne and Matt Fagerson added the tourists’ other scores on a wet and humid evening at Audi Field.

“All the credit goes to the big boys up front for pushing me over,” Ashman told Scottish Rugby.