Two tries in five first half minutes by star wing Tom Visser lifted Edinburgh to snatch the 1872 Cup from rivals Glasgow and their first Inter-City win in three years.
In front of a 15,000 plus crowd at BT Murrayfield, the capital side won the cup on aggregate by just two points but were well worth their victory on the night, dominating the Warriors at the setpiece and with a smothering defence.
Edinburgh did all their scoring against the strong wind in the first half but conceded just one try as Glasgow attempted a comeback in the second half through an opportunistic strike by Niko Matawalu.
But Glasgow toiled at the lineout they had dominated six days before in the first leg, were repeatedly penalised at the scrum and got no platform to launch any kind of comeback.
In the end Edinburgh were able to hang on with some ease in the second half against a Glasgow side that badly missed the injured Rob Harley’s influence at the breakdown.
Visser claimed the headlines with his brace only his third and fourth scores this season but Ross Ford’s defence and influence about the field won him the man of the match award.
It’s Edinburgh’s first win in seven games against Glasgow and the first time they’ve won the 1872 Cup since 2009.
Glasgow were fortunate not to concede inside the opening three minutes when a speculative kick by Greig Tonks bounced away from Tommy Seymour into the hands of Dougie Fife, but Alex Dunbar got back to bring down the wing and win the ball to save his team.
Frehs from that escape Glasgow looked the more likely team, Finn Russell’s two neat chips on the run setting up an attacking chance and two penalties at the scrum eventually allowing the fly-half to pout his side ahead with a tenth minute penalty.
That was probably the last thing to go right for the Warriors, however, as they spilled the little possession they had an came under increasing pressure at the breakdown.
Sam Hidalgo-Clyne kicked two penalties to put his side in front but the real turning point came when defensive pressure inside the Glasgow 22 forced a charge down of a Niko Matawalu clearance.
Edinburgh pounced on the loose ball and Visser came steaming off his wing into a huge gap against a splintered Warriors defence for an easy score.
Hidalgo-Clyne converted and as Glasgow tried to respoind they were hit with a real sucker punch.
They looked to have an overlap up the right but Peter Horne’s pass went straight to Visser, who motored away untouched for 70 metres for his second try, again converted.
Glasgow needed an immediate response after half-time and got it with Leone Nakarawa and Fraser Brown on, Matawalu nipping around the short side of a driving maul, chipping ahead and winning the race for the touch in the in-goal area as Jack Cuthbert was slow to turn and get to the ball.
However Glasgow’s travails at scrum and lineout continued with three successive throws lost inside the Edinburgh half, and they were lucky to stay in touchinhg distance as Hidalgo-Clyne missed two tricky but makeable penalties.
But Edinburgh continued to dominate the scrums and won penalties to keep territory in their favour, with Glasgow getting more and more desperate.
Att 15,810
Edinburgh: J Cuthbert; D Fife, M Scott, P Burleigh, T Visser; G Tonks, S Hidalgo-Clyne; A Dickinson, R Ford, J Andress (WP Nel 30); A Bresler (F McKenzie 66), B Toolis; M Coman (capt), R Grant (H Watson 74), D Denton.
P Murchie (S Hogg 52); S Maitland, A Dunbar, P Horne (R Vernon 57), T Seymour; F Russell, N Matawalu; G Reid (A Allan 52), D Hall (F Brown 40), J Welsh (E Murray 52); J Gray, A Kellock (capt, L Nakarawa 40); R Wilson, T Holmes, J Strauss (J Eddie 61).
Ref: N Owens (WRU)