Luke Lewis injured in bizarre incident as Kangaroos beat Fiji James Tamou of Australia busts open the Fijian defence in the lead up to Daly Cherry-Evans' try. Photo: Getty images ST HELENS: A bizarre incident led to a shoulder injury to Luke Lewis which marred Australia's 34-2 win against Fiji in chilly conditions at Langtree Park in St Helens. Lewis crashed into an advertising sign - promoting the World Cup - which sat just metres away from the dead-ball line. The backrower, who had scored a try just minutes earlier, was carried from the field with a shoulder dislocation in Australia's six-try win. Lewis had raced for a blind side kick by hooker Robbie Farah and dived to score a second try, only for the ball to roll dead before he could get a hand to it. Breaking free: Jarryd Hayne of Australia tackled by Alipate Noilea of Fiji. Australia versus Fiji Papalii, Boyd, Jennings, Morris, Cherry-Evans, Lewis Thurston 5/6 (83%) Noilea 1/1 (100%) On a slippery field, Lewis could not stop or control his slide into the sign perched behind the dead-ball line. Coach Tim Sheens ruled the Australian backrower out of the remainder of the tournament just minutes after full-time. The Fijian's were spirited and aimed up against their fancied rivals but were let down by poor execution when they pressed Australia's try-line. Driving rain fell consistently throughout the match as a strong breeze cooled the 14,137 crowd who threw their support behind Fiji. Cherry-Evans ramped up the pressure on Australia's incumbent halves and pushed for a full-time place in the side laying on two tries and racing away to score one of his own as regular halfback Cooper Cronk watched on from the sidelines. The playmaker - in just his second international - controlled the match for Australia in a strong 80 minute performance helping the Kangaroos to their second win of the tournament. His scrum partner Johnathan Thurston was named man of the match but it was Cherry-Evans who stole the show. While the scoreline indicated one-way traffic, this match was more than just a tune up for the tournament favourites. Fiji were tenacious for a large part and tested Australia's defence. Man of the match Johnathan Thurston missed just one shot at goal despite the atrocious conditions. Fiji's coach Rick Stone was happy with his teams performance. "We were disappointed we didn't come up with points we probably needed to throw more at them," Stone said. At times we did some good stuff. The conditions were tough. They really pumped our middle pretty hard. I think we made them work for their tries. We defended pretty well considering we are playing against a champion kangaroos side. We didn't gift too many soft tries. The Australians' front-row were solid with Matt Scott laying the opening platform before Paul Gallen and Andrew Fifita helped lift the tempo from the interchange bench. Greg Inglis, in his first game in the No.1 jersey for Australia, showed glimpses of his best too, playing a large part in two first half tries as he showed no ill-effects of a knee injury which hampered him in the back half of the NRL season. Inglis's move to fullback by Australian coach Tim Sheens was designed to spring him into life. And he did after just 20 minutes. Scooping up a ricocheted kick he fended away three defenders and beat another before Darius Boyd scored in the corner for the Kangaroos second try. Australia's left attacking edge were again the beneficiary of some Inglis lead up work with centre Michael Jennings taking advantage of a Fijian defence who were backtracking on their line allowing the Roosters centre to get on the outside. It was Inglis' last pass which gave Jennings the space to score and open up a 16-2 half-time lead. That try came not long after the match officials missed a knock-on from Thurston from a kick as Fiji attacked Australia's try-line. Debutant Josh Papalii opened the scoring for Australia with a well-timed hole run which deceived the Fijian defence. Cherry-Evans delivered the short ball with the Fijian's thinking the wide shift was on, leaving five-eighth Alipate Noilea isolated and unable to stop a rampaging Papalii. Fiji's only points came from a penalty goal to Noilea to give his side the lead after eight minutes. Having been denied by the video referee in the first half, Josh Morris crossed five minutes into the second half when a Cherry-Evans cross field kick was batted back by Jarryd Hayne. Cherry-Evans raced 30 metres to score a try of his own when he backed-up a bust by James Tamou in the middle of the field to race away under the posts and give Australia a 26 point lead. Australia play the winless Ireland while Fiji take on England in their final pool games next weekend. AUSTRALIA 34 (D Boyd D Cherry-Evans M Jennings L Lewis J Morris J Papalii tries J Thurston 5 goals) bt FIJI 2 (A Noilea goal) at Langtree Park. Referee: Richard Silverwood. Crowd: 14,137. Poll: Who should be Australia's halfback? Cooper Cronk Daly Cherry-Evans Total votes: 227.