Gregor Townsend praised his side for their second half response to an outstanding Uruguay performance as Scotland up their tour with a fourth win on the spin and avoided a major upset in Montevideo. 

The visitors raced into a 19-0 lead before Uruguay, ranked 17th in the world, fought back and scored three tries to level the scores with quarter of an hour to go. 

But tries from replacement front-row duo Patrick Harrison - his first for Scotland - and Pierre Schoeman saw the visitors over the line. 

Townsend admitted the match was a "real challenge" for his side. 

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He said: "Uruguay came with a lot of physicality, they were winning penalties and put us under pressure, but I thought the team responded well in the first half and then responded well again in the second half.

"But the bits between, we were put under pressure and Uruguay deserved their points on the board.

"This has been our biggest test and that's one of the reasons why we came here, to see how the team reacts when they are under pressure, and they came through so I am very proud of them.

"The togetherness was on show straight after that try we conceded [which brought it back to 19-19], we had an excellent set, we had a good kick-chase to put Uruguay under pressure, and we got our reward."

Townsend also lauded the impact of his bench, from where half-back duo Jamie Dobie and Adam Hastings, plus experienced forwards Schoeman and Jamie Ritchie helped Scotland wrestle back control of the match.

The Scotland head coach added: "I felt the bench did well too today, so it was a squad effort as Test match rugby always is.

"So, while there is some areas to improve, there is pleasing aspects and individual performance throughout the tour and in the game today."