Edinburgh go second

Edinubrgh move above old Scottish rivals after comprehensive victory

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Edinburgh go second

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Edinburgh moved into second place in the Magners League with a comprehensive 39-6 victory over Glasgow at Murrayfield.

The home side produced some superb rugby, but were helped out by some bad mistakes from their old rivlas to move above them in the table.

Skipper Mike Blair, Simon Webster, Hugo Southwell and Ben Cairns ran in the four tries for Edingburgh, while Glasgow only got on the board through the boot of Dan Parks.

Phil Godman kicked the first three of his 19 points after just two minutes, and Edinburgh would never look back after a fast start.

Another Godman penalty cancelled out Parks' first kick, and came just before the opening try of the match on 24 minutes, when skipper Blair collected an appalling pass from Parks to break away over the line.

Penalty

Parks kicked his second penalty just after the half-hour, but that was to prove the last time that Glasgow would trouble the scorers.

Glasgow did make a huge effort to get back into the game - but captain Ally

Kellock spilled the ball at a vital moment after the visitors carved out a great chance to score.

Just after the interval Glasgow thought they had scored a try through Kelly Brown, only for the video referee to rule out the score.

That blow really knocked the stuffing out of Glasgow, especially when the Gunners moved further ahead just a few minutes later when Webster flew in for the second try of the match.

The bonus point came with tries from man-of-the-match Hugo Southwell and Ben Cairns to complete a miserable night for the Warriors.