AXEL AT IT AGAIN FOR 24TH SWEDEN SCORE

AXEL Kalling-Smith was on the scoresheet again as his 24th international try helped Sweden make it two Rugby Europe Trophy wins from two with a 38-3 home victory against Lithuania.

An early home try from Arthur Marini was added to by Jack Tatu Robertsson, the visitors off the mark as Dovydas Taujanskas slotted a penalty.

But it was one-way traffic from then, a converted try from Anthony Rafael followed by a Samuel Ekfeldt five-pointer to push Sweden 19-3 up at the break.

A perfectly weighted Kalling-Smith kick set-up Ekfeldt for his second, the extras added before the Rams’ man extended his record as his country’s top scorer, Sweden now 31-3 to the good.

And midway through the final quarter Oliver Nilsson crossed for a converted score to put hist side top of the log following the opening block of fixtures.