FRIDAY was a big night for Edinburgh, back on home turf for the first time since mid-October, playing one of the big Irish provinces, and with their international contingent back after Autumn Test Series duty then being rested for last weekend’s dispiriting loss away to Benetton.
There was an emotional tribute to the late great Doddie Weir before kick-off, and the capital outfit initially did a great job of paying the best possible tribute to the big man with the way they charged into a 12-0 lead inside the first quarter-of-an-hour – but, not for the first time this season, they could not sustain it.
By the end of the match, the homes side had been reduced to a rabble who looked at times like they had only been introduced to each other during the warm-up.
