Two years on from their last meeting, it looked as if the Pacific Islanders might enact another upset on Saturday when two quickfire tries and a penalty cancelled out Luke Cowan-Dickie’s early opener, but in-form wing Immanuel Feyi-Waboso recovered from a mid-air wipe-out to put the much-changed hosts ahead at the break, capitalising on the first of two Fiji sin bins on the night. Ellis Genge got over to open the second half’s scoring following a strong Ollie Lawrence carry and Fiji responded again, before a second yellow card – this time for offside – gave way to three more English tries in the closing stages as Borthwick’s replacements added pace and power to the attack.
