When Cardiff took the lead on the 28-minute mark, all the territory and possession Edinburgh had enjoyed up to that point felt a little wasted.
A tiny bud of fear took hold and the worry was that despite all those 22m entries Cardiff may have had our measure.
However, despite those misgivings it felt like I was watching an Edinburgh that had perhaps downloaded a new version. Maybe not a whole number upgrade but a .75 that incorporated some new functionality.
Our wingers had been on the ball as early as the second minute and there seemed to be more variety creeping into our plays. There were some decent midfield breaks, a couple of excellent attacking kicks by Ross Thompson, and then Duhan van der Merwe’s fantastic acrobatic finish just after half-time gave the lead back to Edinburgh. After that the nerves were gone.
The introduction of the three front rowers in the aftermath of that try sealed Cardiff’s fate and for the second time in two games Edinburgh kept their visitors try-less in the second half.
Our wingers had the most carries between them of the season so far and more importantly both of them got on the scoresheet.
Ali Price was a deserving player of the match. He’s come in for a bit of justified criticism but had a good game last week and followed it up with an even better one on Saturday with both his contributions in defence and attack being notable.
We have risen to seventh in the table and a win against Ospreys would see us go into the break for the autumn internationals in a good place.
Our form is on the up and it will need to be for this trip. We haven’t won in Swansea since 2009.
Sandy Smith can be found at The Burgh Watch