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Jonathan Davies scored two tries and Nick Robinson was deadly with passes and kicks Saturday, sparking Wales to a 48-15 victory over the United States in an international rugby union friendly.

The victory completed a strong North American tour for the Welsh, who beat Canada 32-23 last week at Toronto.

"It was a good win in the end," Robinson said.

"It has been a good tour for us. We'll have a good time tonight for sure."

Robinson struck on a pair of penalty kicks before Gavin DeBartolo answered for the Americans with a long conversion, pulling the hosts within 6-3.

Tom James scored the first Wales try and Davies added another off a pass from Robinson, who recovered his own chip forward and made a crisp flip to his left to set up the unchallenged score.

The Welsh went ahead 27-3 at half time after being awarded a penalty try late in the opening half for repeatedly collapsing the ruck.

Fijian-born US fly half Alipate Tuilevuka scored his second international try on a power run at pace 13 minutes into the second half.

But Mark Jones answered for Wales, recovering a loose ball that went bounding out of a ruck and scampering in for a try. Robinson finished his perfect conversion kicking and the Welsh stretched the lead to 34-10.

Gareth Cooper pounced on a loose ball for a Wales try with 8:45 remaining and Davies scored a final Wales try with 75 seconds remaining.

The Americans tightened the final margin with a try on the last play by J.J. Gagiano, who plays for the University of Cape Town.

AFP

The scorers:

For USA:

Tries: Tuilevuka, Gagiani
Con: DeBartalo
Pen: DeBartalo

For Wales

Tries: Davies 2, penalty, James, Jones, Cooper
Con: Robinson 3, James, Biggar 2
Pen: Robinson 2

USA: 15 Chris Wyles, 14 Gavin DeBartalo, 13 Alipate Tuilevuka, 12 Roland Suniula, 11 Kevin Swiryn, 10 Ata Malifa, 9 Mike Petri, 8 Nic Johnson, 7 Peter Dahl, 6 Louis Stanfill, 5 Hayden Smith, 4 John Van Der Giessen, 3 Will Johnson, 2 Chris Biller, 1 Matekitonga Moeakiola.
Replacements: 16 Brian McClanahan, 17 Mike MacDonald , 18 Courtney Mackay, 19 JJ Gagiani, 20 Tim Usasz, 21 Mike Hercus, 22 Junior Sifa.

Wales: 15 Daniel Evans, 14 Mark Jones, 13 Jonathan Davies, 12 Andrew Bishop, 11 Tom James, 10 Nicky Robinson, 9 Dwayne Peel, 8 Ryan Jones (capt), 7 Robin Sowden-Taylor, 6 Dafydd Jones, 5 Ian Gough, 4 Deiniol Jones, 3 Duncan Jones, 2 Gareth Williams, 1 John Yapp
Replacements: 16 Richard Hibbard, 17 Craig Mitchell, 18 Luke Charteris, 19 Sam Warburton, 20 Gareth Cooper, 21 Daniel Biggar, 22 Jonathan Spratt.

Referee: Matt Goddard (Australia)
Assistant referees: Rob Debney, Dave Smortchevsky