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Gregor Townsend last night pronounced himself “delighted” with Scotland’s eight-try victory over Fiji.

The coach said: “Fiji were always going to be a tough opponent and we saw they can score from anywhere.

“But we stuck to our task, got a grip of the game and the players built throughout the game.”

Scotland spent the first half in Cardiff coughing up needless penalties. Ryan Wilson obviously hadn’t learned the lesson as he gave Ben Volavola an easy three points in only the second minute.

But Scotland looked up for it and from a penalty lineout they mauled their way to the Fijian whitewash with Allan Dell finally muscling his way over for his first Test try.

Scotland’s gameplan was based on offloading and keeping the ball alive, and after a sustained spell of doing just that Fraser Brown forced his way over for the second score,