EDINBURGH have enjoyed some memorable matches in the Challenge Cup over the past six months, starting with their opening pool outing against Saracens, a victory which remains one of their high points of the season. A one-point defeat by London Irish was followed by resounding wins over Brive and Pau, and that was enough to take them through to a last-16 tie at home to Bath, which they duly won.
But that result against the English Premiership’s bottom club, the first time for some years that they had won a knockout match, was as good as it got for Edinburgh. Normal, all-too-familiar service was resumed on Saturday, when they lost 34-30 to Wasps in their quarter-final at the DAM Health Stadium.
