Alan Solomons welcomes the end as capital side lick their wounds

Edinburgh 23 Leinster 36
Edinburgh’s last hopes of securing a place in next season’s European Champions Cup slipped away at BT Murrayfield on Saturday when they lost 23-36 to Leinster, but coach Alan Solomons admitted afterwards that the defeat could prove to be a blessing in disguise for his injury-depleted squad.

Edinburgh were without a host of top players for their final outing of the Guinness PRO12 campaign, and Solomons conceded that the two-stage Champions Cup play-off process — in which his team would have had to beat Gloucester and the side that finishes seventh in the French Top 14…