Ice-cool Edinburgh put the heat on Exiles

By ALEXANDER McLEMAN

SUB-ZERO temperatures meant a late change in venues for this clash – and the grandeur of the new venue was matched by the scoring.
Edinburgh’s usual home of Myreside was deemed unplayable so BT Murrayfield, with its state-of-the-art undersoil heating,was used.
The change in locations, however, did little to slow the competition’s leading points (115) and try (15) scorers as the hosts comfortably managed to extend their unbeaten European home record to 11 games.
Tries from Stuart McInally, Sam Hidalgo-Clyne, Darcy Graham, Blair Kinghorn, Junior Rasole...

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