The former England coach said: "I can't praise my guys highly enough for the efforts they have put in over the past few weeks and this result is no more than they deserved.

"We are now proving we can compete with the best teams in the competition and the aim is to keep progressing.

"The workrate and positive attitude of the players has been professional in every sense and I am genuinely excited over what these guys can achieve in the future.

"We can now look ahead with increasing confidence to our remaining pool matches against Leicester and Toulouse and our Magners League campaign."

Simon Webster and Ben Cairns got the Edinburgh tries with Phil Godman kicking both conversions and four penalties. Mike Blair also kicked a drop goal.