Australia 55 Fiji 12

Australia booked a World Cup quarter-final clash with either England or Tonga after cruising to a bonus-point victory over Fiji.

Matt Giteau celebrated his 50th Test cap by scoring two of Australia's seven tries in a personal haul of 27 points.

The Wallabies enjoyed a mountain of possession and rarely needed to get above second gear as they worked a hat-trick for Drew Mitchell, plus tries for Adam Ashley-Cooper and Stephen Hoiles.

Fiji's game was riddled with errors and despite scoring twice, through winger Isoa Neivua and flanker Ace Ratuva, they never came close to threatening the Wallabies.

Fiji, who made 11 changes for this game, now head to Nantes for a winner-takes-all clash with Wales. At stake is a quarter-final place against South Africa.

Fiji will be at full-strength next week and are a threat when their natural attacking game clicks. Yesterday it misfired badly.

The Wallabies had named a powerful side, captained for the 59th time by George Gregan, who equalled the international record held by former England skipper Will Carling.

It took Australia 17 minutes to score their first try as Fiji defended well. This may have been their second team but they held nothing back in contact.

Rookie fly-half Berrick Barnes was hit with a huge tackle in the opening minute and the Fijians' scramble defence kept out early charges from Rocky Elsom and Wycliff Palu.

Fiji were playing the game almost exclusively in their own 22 as Gregan and Barnes frequently came close to picking open the defence.