Scots' tour ends on high note

United States 23 Scotland 65

Ian McGeechan, the Scotland coach, has declared his side's North American tour a success after Saturday night's 65-23 defeat of the United States in San Francisco. A week after an embarrassing loss to Canada, the Scots ran in 10 tries to two and were simply on a different level to their opponents.

Scotland even played the second half with 14 men after the lock Nathan Hines was sent off for punching.

McGeechan said. "They knew they were going to have to work for themselves. The tour was all about bringing players through and doing things with them on tour that you don't get the opportunity to do with them back home."

UNITED STATES: J Buchholz; M Timoteo, P Eloff, L Wilfley, J Keyter; M Hercus, K Dalzell; M MacDonald, K Khasigian, D Dorsey, E Reed, L Gross, A Satchwell, D Hodges (capt), K Schubert.

SCOTLAND: G Metcalfe; R Kerr (both Glasgow), A Craig (Orrell), B Laney, C Paterson; D Hodge, M Blair; A Jacobsen (all Edinburgh), G Bulloch (Glasgow), M Stewart (Northampton Saints), N Hines (Edinburgh), S Grimes (Newcastle, capt), J White (Glasgow), S Taylor (Edinburgh), D Macfadyen (Glasgow). Replacements: A Henderson (Glasgow) for Metcalfe, 30; C Smith (Edinburgh) for Jacobsen, 39; Jacobsen for Stewart, 63; M Di Rollo (Edinburgh) for Kerr, 68; G Burns (Edinburgh) for Blair, 72; S Scott (The Borders) for Bulloch, 75; A Hall (Glasgow) for White, 77.

Referee: P Deluca (Argentina).