Scotland head coach Gregor Townsend was left disappointed as his side failed to end his first tour in charge unbeaten following defeat by Fiji.
Townsend had a good start to his tenure in charge with victories over Italy and Australia but was denied a clean sweep by a vibrant Fiji side on Saturday.
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Scotland scored three tries to Fiji’s two but were undone by the brilliant handling of Leone Nakarawa and five penalties from the boot of Ben Volavola secured a 27-22 win for the hosts.
Townsend said: “We did not play as well as we have done on tour but credit to Fiji, they played some outstanding rugby, particularly in the second half and were tough to handle.
“For us to win Test matches we have to play really well, as we showed last week, but we missed too many tackles and Fiji came alive when they broke those tackles. Also we have to look after the ball in our attack; too many balls were lost in contact with the wet ball. I’m really disappointed.”
Scotland were without their British and Irish Lions contingent of captain Greig Laidlaw, Stuart Hogg and recent call-ups Finn Russell and prop Allan Dell.
And Townsend opted to make several changes to the side that beat Australia last weekend, six of the seven replacements from the win in Sydney started the match, with only the captain John Barclay, Jonny Gray and Duncan Taylor starting both matches.
But they were unable to deal with Nakarawa – a player Townsend knows well from his time at Glasgow Warriors. Townsend added: “There were a number of Fijians who played really well and Leone was an outstanding example of that.
“He is probably the best second row in the world, certainly the best offloading second row. At times we defended him really well, but at other times he kept his energy and offloading ability and he created a fantastic try.”