'Super proud' Burke hopes Scots are more in tune against Samoa

Fergus Burke could earn his second Scotland cap against Samoa

Fergus Burke will be hoping his rendition of "Eda Sa Qaqa" proves prophetic as the Saracens fly-half looks to fulfil his "burning desire" to recover from a debut defeat in a Scotland jersey.

The New Zealand-born 25-year-old chose the Fijian song, which translates as "We Have Overcome", as his initiation piece after Friday's 29-14 loss in the South Pacific island.

This Friday, he hopes to turn the tables on another rugby nation he knows well, Samoa, as Scotland end their summer tour at Ellis Park in the land of his birth.

"It was a super proud day for me and my family to get my first international cap for Scotland," he said.

"But obviously we didn't get the result we were after, so it was tainted a little bit and it was a weird one - I didn't know how to feel really.

"Immensely proud but got a bit of a burning desire to get the right result this week."

Burke said that, despite the defeat, it "was super special" to live out his childhood "dream", hearing "Flower Of Scotland" before the game and being presented with his first cap by captain Rory Darge.

"I even had to sing a song in the after-match, which was entertaining," he said.

"I wasn't expecting it at all. I wasn't given a heads up."

Explaining his choice of a hymn particularly associated with the Fijian rugby team, he added: "So I went for a Fijian song so the Fijian community could join in and help me.

"I think I did the first line of the song and then let them take over."