Ospreys wing George North continued his excellent start to the season on Saturday by scoring his 34th try for Wales as they beat Scotland 21-10 at Cardiff’s Principality Stadium. The 26-year-old British and Irish Lion, who notched a try in the Ospreys’ 27-0 whitewash of Pau in Round 1 of the European Rugby Challenge Cup last month, touched down in the 29th minute to climb to third in Wales’ all-time try-scoring list. On the other Wales wing was North’s Ospreys team-mate, Luke Morgan, who made his Test debut, while four Dragons players featured in Wales’ victory – starting lock Cory Hill and No.8 Ross Moriarty, plus replacement hooker Elliot Dee and prop Leon Brown. https://twitter.com/George_North/status/1059174450388709376 In Chicago on Saturday, Connacht Rugby centre Bundee Aki and lock Quinn Roux helped Ireland to a 54-7 victory over Italy. They were later joined by prop Finlay Bealham, a second-half replacement. Despite missing these three players, the Irish province, who are currently second in Pool 3 of the Challenge Cup, stormed to a 33-12 home win over Dragons in the Guinness PRO14 on Saturday. They scored five tries – through lock James Cannon, wing Darragh Leader, flanker Colby Fainga’a, hooker Tom McCartney and centre Thomas Farrell – with three coming in a six-minute, first-half burst as they opened up a 26-0 interval lead. Dragons, who lie second in Pool 1 of the Challenge Cup, replied with consolation scores from centre Hallam Amos and No.8 Taine Basham. https://twitter.com/connachtrugby/status/1058804541603373057 Ospreys, who are second in Pool 2, suffered a PRO14 defeat as well, going down 29-20 at home to Glasgow Warriors on Friday, despite tries from flanker Olly Cracknell and wing Hanno Dirksen. In the TOP 14, Challenge Cup Pool 1 leaders ASM Clermont Auvergne still head the table, but they had their lead cut to three points after drawing 27-27 at Pool 5 team Grenoble. Pool 4 front runners La Rochelle won the other weekend TOP 14 game between two Challenge Cup sides, edging out Pool 5 club Agen 33-29.