Cockerill wants Edinburgh to grab home quarter-final

Mayol in the Champions Cup after Saracens and Newcastle Falcons. It also equalled their best run in the tournament of four wins in a row.

“Credit to the players, we came with a plan and we knew we had to stick to it. We invited them into our half in the firsthalf and they punished us,” said Cockerill.

“But the way we controlled the game and played in the second half was as good as we have played. At half-time we just told them not to give any silly penalties away and to control the ball, because we had coughed up the ball a lot in the first-half.

“We knew that if we put them under pressure we would have opportunities. To be fair to the lads, they took them and I thought we controlled the second half pretty much from start to finish. They should take a huge amount of pride out of what they have done today and it puts us in a great position to qualify. This is a club that is growing slowly.

“We haven’t qualified yet and I want to win on Friday and try to get a home quarter-final. We have given ourselves the chance to do that and, hopefully, we will have a big crowd at Murrayfield. We will enjoy tonight and the feeling of winning here. We still have a lot to do and we need to keep on improving.

“We have got a good work ethic, we’ll enjoy this for 24 hours, but we will be back in on Monday morning.”

Glasgow, meanwhile, kept themselves in with a chance of claiming top spot in Pool 3 with a 3324 victory over Cardiff.

The bonus point kept them four behind leaders Saracens ahead of their trip to London next weekend but they were made to work all the way at Scotstoun before George Horne crossed in the 78th minute.

Warriors’ 19-point tally is the best of all five second-placed teams with one game left with only the three best runners-up qualifying.