The Blues made it six victories in a row against their Scottish opponents as Dan Parks kicked them to a third successive victory in this season’s tournament.
If it wasn’t pretty, it was still effective for the home side as they leapfrogged their main rivals for a spot in the last eight and put themselves on course for a return to the top flight.
A drop goal and penalty from Parks edged the Blues ahead 6-3 at the break and then three more penalties in the opening 15 minutes of the second period moved the home side into the box seat.
But, as they proved in their 48-47 thriller over Racing Metro in the last round, Edinburgh are capable of opening up even the tightest of defences and when Tim Visser popped a ball out of a tackle to send fellow wing Lee Jones over for the first try it was anyone’s game.
Until, that is, ‘Dan the Man’ added a second drop goal and ended the night with a match winning tally of 20 points with a touchline conversion of new Wales wing Alex Cuthbert’s 74th minute try.
The Blues are now three points clear at the top of the table and one big performance away from putting themselves in the clear.
