WITH two rounds played and two to go in the pool stage of the Champions Cup, Edinburgh are already tantalisingly close to a place in the last 16.
That is partly a consequence of the generous qualifying process, in which the top eight from each pool of 12 go into the knockout stages, but it is also testament to how well Mike Blair’s team – fifth at present in Pool A – played in last month’s opening two rounds.
First they came within a score of beating former European champions Saracens in London, eventually going home with just a losing bonus point from a 30-26 defeat. Then they beat Castres 31-20 in a game which saw their four tries earn them the full five points.
