Edinburgh clinch home quarter-final with victory over Montpellier

In the victory, they have also clinched quarter-final spots for Leinster Rugby, Racing 92 and neighbours Glasgow Warriors in the process.

Edinburgh dominated the early proceedings and took a nine-point lead in the opening half-hour after a trio of successful penalty kicks from fly-half Jaco van der Walt, who was flawless from the kicking tee throughout the evening.

But Montpellier hit back on the stroke of half-time through Jacques Du Plessis who grabbed a try to make it a two-point game at the interval after Ruan Pienaar added the extras.

At the start of the second half, Montpellier launched a driving maul and won a kickable penalty, allowing Pienaar to put the French side ahead for the first time.

But that was as good as it got for Montpellier who were penned in for most of the second half, with Van der Walt first kicking a penalty to put Edinburgh two points ahead.

Minutes ahead, Edinburgh had their sole try and it proved to be a crucial one. It was all created from the forwards who had momentum from the maul that was dragged down by Montpellier.

With the advantage, Henry Pyrgos popped off to Darcy Graham who had time to dive over the try line for the score.

The sideline conversion was booted between the sticks in emphatic fashion by Van der Walt who made it a two-score game, and that is how it stayed after some resolute Edinburgh defence, clinching their spot in the last eight as a result.

via EPCRugby.com