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Edinburgh end neighbours' good run with outstanding tries

Edinburgh 28 Glasgow 17: EDINBURGH MADE amends for last week’s defeat to Glasgow as they ended their rivals’ four-game winning…

Mon Jan 03 2011 - 00:00

Edinburgh 28 Glasgow 17:EDINBURGH MADE amends for last week's defeat to Glasgow as they ended their rivals' four-game winning streak last night.

Their success came thanks to outstanding tries from Netani Talei and Tim Visser, with James Thompson adding a late third and David Blair kicking the rest of their points.

Glasgow scored one try, another memorable effort from Robert Harley, while Ruaridh Jackson and Colin Gregor kicked two penalties each. Jackson, though, missed a conversion and two penalties in the first half.

Glasgow dominated the opening stages that produced two early penalties driven home from distance by Jackson.

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However, the second 10 minutes of the game yielded two stunning tries from the home side that propelled them into a 12-6 lead by the 20-minute mark.

Magners League top try-scorer Visser had a hand in both.

The first stemmed from a lineout with Visser coming off his wing to carve up centrefield before putting number eight Talei under the bar for Blair to convert.

Seven minutes later Talei attacked off a scrum in his half and the flowing move ended with Visser, who had never scored against Glasgow, touching down for his ninth of the season. Blair was off target with the conversion.

Glasgow had the better of the period up to half-time, clawing back five points through a fine touchdown by their find of the season, flanker Harley, who finished a move involving number eight Richie Vernon and centre Max Evans.

But Jackson could not kick the none-too-difficult conversion and also failed with two penalties.

Blair showed him how to do it as the clock passed the 32-minute mark so Edinburgh went in leading 15-11.

The quality of rugby fell away after the restart and it was Edinburgh who benefited as Glasgow were repeatedly penalised by referee Neil Paterson. This kept Glasgow pinned in their half and two Blair penalties widened the gap to 21-11.

Glasgow found another gear in the closing stages, though, with the pressure rewarded with a pair of penalties from Gregor that made for a tight finish, but Thompson’s breakaway in stoppage time settled the issue.

EDINBURGH:Thompson; L Jones, Cairns, Houston, Visser; D Blair, Laidlaw; Jacobsen, Ford, G Cross, Hamilton, MacKenzie, Grant, Rennie, Talei. Replacements: M Blair for Laidlaw (44); Traynor for Jacobsen, De Luca for Cairns (both 52); Webster for L Jones, Young for G Cross (both 56); S Turnbull for MacKenzie (62). Not used: Kelly, Newlands.

GLASGOW:Stortoni; O'Hare, Evans, Murchie, van der Merwe; Jackson, Gregor; Welsh, Thomson, Low, Gray, Kellock, Harley, Barclay, Vernon. Replacements: Pyrgos for Jackson, Hall for Thomson (both 52); Grant for Welsh (53); Aramburu for O'Hare, Tkachuk for Low, Wilson for Vernon (all 56), Muldowney for Kellock (65), Horne for Murchie (68).

Att:9,292.

Referee:Neil Paterson (SRFU).