So Boroughmuir’s fallibility was only a blip. They may have lost once but it was back to business as usual for the Scottish Hydro Electric Premiership leaders and with Ayr, their closest rivals, able only to draw at home, the lead is back to more than 20 points with six games to go.
Not that the leaders had it anywhere near as easy as their 49-22 win over Heriot’s suggests, having to come from behind to do it as their Edinburgh rivals arrived full of running and confidence and had 15 points, including two tries, on the board before many of the home support had taken their seats.
Cue the Boroughmuir fightback, as effective as it was inevitable and by half-time the league leaders were