Edinburgh 27 Perpignan 16: match report By half-time, however, Edinburgh had taken more back, Laidlaw clipping over his second penalty three minutes before the break. Bt the Scots made a more decisive move early in the second period. Moments after Perpignan captain Guilhem Guirado had been sin-binned for a lurid offside, Edinburgh shipped the ball towards the left touchline, and a well-timed pass by Dougie Fife sent Cornell du Preez in for their second try. The prospect of a precious bonus point looked even more tantalisingly close soon afterwards. As Guirado readied himself for his return, Edinburgh mounted waves of attack, and replacement fly-half Carl Bezuidenhout cut Perpignan open with a superb grubber kick. Wandile Mjekevu really shoud have dealt with it, but the winger fumbled badly and Fife pounced to score. By this point, Perpignan had seemingly vanished as an attacking force, and the only question left was whether Edinburgh could add the bonus. Yet the French, with nothing to play for, fought back with spirit, sending Maxime Delonca over for a try with six minutes left. Scoring 3-0, Laidlaw pen; 8-0, Brown try; 10-0 Laidlaw con; 10-3 Hook pen; 10-6 Hook pen; 13-6, Laidlaw pen; 13-9, Hook pen; 18-9, Du Preez try; 20-9, Laidlaw con; 25-9, Fife try; 27-9, Laidlaw con; 27-14, Delonca try; 27-16, Hook con. Edinburgh J Cuthbert (C Bezuidenhout 40); D Fife, N De Luca, B Atiga, T Brown; G Tonks; G Laidlaw (capt; G Hart, 75)); A Dickinson (W Blaauw, 65), R Ford (A Lutui, 75), W Nel (G Cross, 26), G Gilchrist, I Van Der Westhuizen (O Atkins, 55), C Du Preez, R Grant (T Leonardi, 70), D Denton. Perpignan J Hook; R Haughton, L Mafi, S Piukala, W Mjekevu; T Allan (J Michel, 58), D Duvenage; S Taumalolo, G Guirado (capt), P Ion (K Pulu, 58), S Vahaamahina (G Vilaceca 40; M Delonca 62)), L Charteris (L Narraway, 62), D Leo, J-P Perez, K Chateau. Referee P Fitzgibbon (Ireland).