Edinburgh 17 - 21 Glasgow Warriors - Edinburgh slip to double dip - Top Rugby Stories - Scotsman.com GLASGOW duly did the double over their inter-city rivals, rubbing their nose in the Murrayfield dirt and grabbing some valuable league points into the bargain. This match was played at Edinburgh's home ground but you wouldn't know it. Trailing 21-3 midway through the second half, the home team had been woeful when they suddenly leapt into life, scored two converted tries in the final quarter and might even have stolen this match. They didn't and Glasgow coach Gregor Townsend was left sporting a broad grin. "We are very happy with the win," he said. The big pitch suited their attacking style so to get three tries and retain the cup was excellent. We were disappointed that we didn't get the fourth try, yes. Hoggy [Stuart Hogg] was walking in there after great work from DTH [van der Merwe] but to score six tries over the two games is pleasing. The backs were coming on to the ball, the depth was excellent and we created a lot of opportunities. They also butchered most of them. While Ruaridh Jackson was a little lucky with an interception for Glasgow's second try when it was still a two-point match, the visitors should have been out of sight long before the final quarter. Dougie Hall finished off a cracking move, only for the referee to wipe it off for an obstruction that left Townsend completely perplexed. Minutes into the second half and a clever out/in move involving Peter Horne and Sean Maitland almost sent Van Der Merwe into the left corner but the TMO saw a foot in touch. Late on, the same man received the ball inside the Edinburgh 22 and the Canadian winger beat five (yes, five) Edinburgh defenders before passing to Stuart Hogg who spilled the pass with the line begging. Glasgow looked hungrier and they were more adventurous but the key to this win was the near monopoly they enjoyed at the set scrum. Four times in the first half alone the visitors won a penalty at the scrum. Edinburgh got one back but only when Glasgow were down to seven forwards, and even that one was dubious. Such was Glasgow's dominance at the bump and grind that when they were awarded a penalty five metres from the Edinburgh line early in the second half they opted for a scrum instead... and messed it up royally. Only in the final ten minutes, with a raft of substitutes on, did Edinburgh earn something like parity in this key area of the game but the damage was already done. Both teams coughed up the ball like it was about to explode but Glasgow bossed the breakdown where they made a bloody nuisance of themselves and drove the home players clean off their own ball more than once. Oddly enough the home team came out of the traps like they meant it. David Denton, Grant Gilchrist and Sean Cox all carried with menace aforethought and still it was Glasgow that opened the scoring after just six minutes. Henry Pyrgos tapped a quick penalty, Horne got lucky when an Edinburgh hand slapped his pass towards his own try line and Josh Strauss won the ball back on the deck. A couple of plays later Maitland popped up in the midfield to dive over. It could hardly have been any easier if Edinburgh had produced a red carpet for the winger. For the second time in two matches Edinburgh's first-up tackling hovered somewhere between appalling and abysmal. If Michael Bradley's men looked thoroughly dispirited they had good reason to be. Trailing 16-3 at the break - Horne added two penalties to his team's brace of tries - Edinburgh enjoyed a period of pressure early in the second half. The big men worked up a head of steam and Glasgow's defence was pulled out of all recognition, only for the home team to suffer another turnover at a midfield breakdown. It was only a matter of time before Glasgow's grip on this match was reflected on the scoreboard. Allan Jacobsen was shown a yellow card, Glasgow had another five-metre attacking scrum and Pyrgos underlined his good form by scooping up the ball as it squirted out of the scrum and diving over on 53 minutes. Glasgow had the luxury of 25 minutes in which to go in search of the bonus-point fourth try but they failed to add to their score and instead spent much of the last quarter in defence. With the clock counting down, Edinburgh woke up like Dr Frankenstein's monster and scored two good tries just to underline what they are capable of when they put their mind to it. Matt Scott caught Greig Laidlaw's clever chip on the full and then did superbly well to hold off two tackles and offload to the supporting Roddy Grant who had just enough oomph to slide over the line. Five minutes from time Tim Visser took a pop pass from Richie Rees five metres from the line and no one was going to stop him from that distance. The Dutchman is now the joint all-time top scorer in the league along with Ireland's Tommy Bowe. Laidlaw's second conversion brought Edinburgh to within one try of an unlikely comeback but that was as close as they got. Edinburgh: Tonks; Fife, Scott, King (Atiga 55 min), Visser; Francis (Rees 55 min), Laidlaw; Jacobsen (Hislop 53 min), Titterell (Lawrie 68 min) Cross (Niven 68 min), Gilchrist (Parker 68 min), Cox, Denton, Grant, Netani (Basilaia 63 min). Glasgow: Hogg; Maitland, Lamont (Matawalu 75 min), Horne (Morrison 60 min), Van der Merwe; Jackson (Weir 60 min), Pyrgos; Grant (Reid 67 min), Hall (MacArthur 55 min), Low (Araroz 75 min), Ryder (Swinson 50 min), Kellock, Strauss (Eddie 55 min), Harley, Wilson. Referee: Neil Paterson. Attendance: 11,255.