Osea Kolinisau's two tries was not enough as the national sevens rugby team lost to Australia 22-21 on the stroke of full time in their second pool match of the USA 7s.
Fiji was leading 21-19 on full time before Benito Masilevu was penalized for throwing the ball out of play.
From that penalty Australia applied the pressure and skipper Cameron Clark was awarded a penalty 20 metres out from Fiji's try line but Clark opted for a shot at a goal which he converted.
Kolinisau scored two tries in the first half before replacement player Jona Tuitoga scored their third try in the second half.
Fiji now has to beat New Zealand and hope Australia does not score more points against Scotland to make the cup quarterfinals tomorrow.
In the first game the national side got off to a shaky start but managed a 24-0 hard fought win over Scotland.
Fiji's next game is against New Zealand at 9:50am tomorrow.
Fiji is expected to meet Samoa, England or Portugal in the quarter finals.
If Fiji makes it into the semifinals, then they are expected to play either South Africa, Kenya, Wales, Argentina or France.
The semifinals will kick off at 7:32am on Monday while the final will be held at 10:25am on Monday.
Looking at the results so far, New Zealand humbled Scotland 26-5, Samoa defeated England 22-19, Kenya beat Wales 21-17, South Africa defeated Canada 29-0, France thrashed Spain 47-0 and Argentina beat USA 19-12.
Story by: Akuila Cama
