Rob Moffat praised his Edinburgh side after they finally registered a win in this season's Heineken Cup at home against Castres.
Edinburgh boss hails the performance of 'potent weapon' Visser
Rob Moffat praised his Edinburgh side after they finally broke their Heineken Cup duck this season - even if there were no spectators inside Murrayfield to see them do it.
The Magners League side finally triumphed in Europe as Simon Webster's late try gave them a 24-22 victory over Pool One rivals Castres.
The match was postponed for 24 hours due to snow and ice and played in front of an empty 67,000-seat stadium in the Scottish capital.
However head coach Moffat praised both sets of players - as well as the officials - for their efforts in such difficult circumstances.
Deserved win
"I thought both teams and the referee did well to get a decent game of rugby and it deserved a crowd," Moffat said.
"For us it was good to win. You could say it was a lucky try at the end, their boy messed it up, but so what?
"Over four games we deserved that and we worked really hard for it."
Edinburgh took a 14-10 half-time lead after tries from Tim Visser and Lee Jones, but the momentum shifted in Castres' favour when Greig Laidlaw was sin-binned midway through the second half.
A penalty try and another score for Sebastien Tillous-Borde meant the visitors held a five-point advantage with just four minutes remaining.
However Webster came off the bench to score a try, albeit thanks mainly to Castres' inability to deal with a bouncing ball, and David Blair kicked the conversion to clinch it for the hosts.
Set-piece struggles
"They were able to control a lot of periods of the game just because of us not winning our set piece," Moffat added. "When we lost Greig Laidlaw when our set-piece was struggling it was very hard, what do you do?
"If you couldn't control the game with 15, you're not going to control it with 14.
"What you want to do when you're down to 14 is waste a bit of that time, control the game, play a bit of territory, but if you've not got a platform it's very difficult.
"But I thought the general attitude and workrate of our players was first class and you get your bit of luck at the end."
Visser had set Edinburgh on their way to victory with a fine solo score and also assisted in Jones' try.
"He's a potent weapon, Tim Visser," added Moffat. "He's a big lad and when he's going flat out he's a difficult guy to stop. He's got good footwork and I just wish he'd got more ball.
"If we could've got him more ball today he would've caused a lot of damage because they weren't too keen to tackle him."
