But the head coach, presiding over his first Test since his disappointing reign as England boss came to an end three years ago, claimed his side needed to improve by 15% if they wanted to beat Australia next Saturday.

The Robinson era got off to a solid, if unspectacular, start this afternoon thanks to tries from Johnnie Beattie and a dubious second from Graeme Morrison, with Phil Godman kicking 13 points.

“Very, very satisfied. The first 35 minutes, we were in complete control,” said Robinson, who felt Scotland could have “run away” with the game if Rory Lamont had touched down shortly after Beattie’s try.

Fiji hit back a minute before the break through Vereniki Goneva, and Robinson said: “They came back into the game and they got that opportunity just before half-time, which is a little bit frustrating, because it was the first time that they looked dangerous on our line.”

Describing his frustration at seeing Scotland waste chances to make the win more comfortable, he added: “That’s what Test rugby’s about, to put more points on the opposition when you’ve got the pressure on.

“We coughed up too many balls. We just made a few too many errors, gave a few too many penalties away - easy penalties to give away, which gave back the control to Fiji.

“These are lessons that we’ve got to learn. The good thing is that we’ll be able to develop those plays from a winning start.”

But he warned: “It going to be a bigger test next week. All of us have got to improve by 15%, me as a coach, and players in our build-up next week in order to perform well against and beat Australia.”