Rupeni Caucau underlined his status as the most exciting player at the tournament by scoring two tries and leaving Scotland 40 minutes from World Cup elimination as Fiji took a 14-6 at half-time in the pool match in Sydney.

United States captain David Hodges paid tribute to his players after the 19-18 loss to Fiji for confounding the critics pushing one of the world’s best teams to the brink of a shock defeat.

The Fiji team to play Ireland in the international test at Lansdowne Road, Dublin, on Sunday is: