London Irish 19 Edinburgh 20
*Club captain Greig Laidlaw comes off the bench to replace the injured Mike Blair
*With Edinburgh two scores behind, Stuart McInally breaks clear for the try that brings them back in touch, capping a man-of-the-match display
*Greig Laidlaw knocks over the penalty that nudges his side into a winning position at 20-19 with 12 minutes remaining
Edinburgh 48 Racing Metro 47
*Only 38 seconds on the clock when try machine Tim Visser claims the score that provides the impetus for his team to storm into a 17-3 lead after just 10 minutes
*With 17 minutes gone Racing go in front
*Early in the second half and Racing are 24 points clear, cantering towards a crucial away win
*Rookie replacement Tom Brown claims what looks like a consolation bonus point with their fourth try
*Visser's second try gives Laidlaw the chance to put his side back in front with his eighth successful kick from eight shots at goal
*Juan-Martin Hernandez, tormentor of France and Frank Hadden's Scotland at the 2007 World Cup, misses the easiest of drop-goal chances with the last kick of an epic match
Edinburgh 19 Cardiff Blues 12
*Edinburgh's fine response to a heavy beating in the Welsh capital a week earlier is partly undermined by Leigh Halfpenny's last-ditch drop-goal which puts the Blues ahead on the head to head between the teams
Racing Metro 24 Edinburgh 27
*Forgotten man Phil Godman jogs memories by coming off the bench to knock over the last-kick-of-the-ball drop-goal which earns a vital second away win
Edinburgh 34 London Irish 11
*Lee Jones completes a comprehensive win with his team's fourth try to earn a bonus point just four minutes from time, the importance of which becomes all the greater when, moments after their game finishes, news filters through that Cardiff Blues had failed to get four tries against Racing leaving Edinburgh top of the pool with a home quarter-final to look forward to
Edinburgh 19 Toulouse 14
*Little more than a minute on the clock and Mike Blair scores the try that gives his team belief
*The clock turns red with time up as Greig Laidlaw's penalty crosses the bar to end the game and secure Scottish club rugby's greatest result
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