Scotland 54-17 Fiji: Seymour inspires Autumn Internationals win

Gregor Townsend's side ran in eight tries in total, as Scotland responded from their defeat in Wales seven days ago to rack up a 54-17 win over the Pacific Islanders.

Only leading 21-17 at the break at Murrayfield, Scotland produced a scintillating second half display to highlight the confidence and attacking flair Townsend continues to instil in his side.

The scoreline is Scotland's highest points total since scoring 56 against Portugal at the 2007 World Cup and extends their winning streak at Murrayfield to 10 wins from their last 11 Tests.

For Seymour, his hat trick takes him to 19 tries from his country, which makes him Scotland's fourth highest try scorer of all time.

Allan Dell, Fraser Brown, Sean Maitland, Jamie Ritchie and Adam Hastings also touched down as Townsend's team responded to last week's sloppy display against Wales.

The explosive visitors had threatened an upset when Edinburgh's Bill Mata and Semi Radradra both crossed over during a roller-coaster first half.

But Townsend's team eventually grabbed control as they built up a head of steam ahead of next week's clash with South Africa, which should prove to be an altogether more taxing encounter.

Scotland got the breakthrough after 12 minutes when the forwards bludgeoned their way to the line, with Dell diving over.

The second came after 18 minutes after a great break from Peter Horne set up Brown to muscle over the line.

Fiji hit back five minutes later in a seesaw first period, as Peceli Yato collected a loose line-out throw before handing over to Mata to power under the posts.

And the visitors moved back in front after 28 minutes as Tevita Cavubati broke free and popped off to Radradra to touchdown.

The Dark Blues responded with a forwards onslaught and the pressure told for Fiji, as both Cavubati and Nakarawa were sent to the sin bin after hauling down mauls within sight of the line.

The hosts took advantage right on half time, as Russell whipped the ball wide for Seymour to score. It took just two minutes after the restart for the lead to be stretched as Maitland ducked over after a swift blue surge.

Russell's probing was forcing Fiji to scramble for cover, and they couldn't stop Laidlaw throwing a clever reverse pass to tee up Seymour for his second after 58 minutes.

And the Glasgow wing wrapped up his treble three minutes later as another rapid exchange of passes saw the Scots work the ball from left to right before Seymour lunged over for his 19th try from 45 Tests.

Ritchie finished off another brutal assault from the forwards before Russell released Hastings to canter in for Scotland's eighth.

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