EDINBURGH are through to the last 16 of the Champions Cup with a game to spare after 20 unanswered second-half points gave them a bonus-point win at the Stade Pierre Fabre yesterday. Castres just edged the first half and went into the break seven points to the good, but the visitors’ superior fitness saw them steadily take command after the restart.
Bill Mata and Jamie Ritchie played massive parts in wresting control of the contest away from the home side, while Ben Vellacott injected fresh energy into Edinburgh after coming off the bench.
The scrum-half got his team’s fourth and final try, adding to
