Wagga Crows junior Stu Dunbar scored during his World Series debut.
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Dunbar crossed during Australia's pool stage win over 31-5 win over Samoa at Los Angeles.
It was part of their unbeaten run to the finals.
The Aussie men then downed Ireland 36-0 in the quarter-finals before they stumbled in the semi-final.
Fiji proved way too strong to progress to the gold medal match, scoring 43 unanswered points to take a 43-7 victory.
The Fijians were then beaten by South Africa 29-24 in the final.
Australia just missed out on the bronze medal after going down to New Zealand 19-17 in the play-off for third.
The fourth placed finish is the second best result for the team this year, behind their bronze at Hamilton.
Australia rose to sixth in the rankings after the loss to the world number one.
Dunbar and Leeton's Dylan Pietsch are in the squad for the Vancouver leg this weekend.
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