Edinburgh Rugby debrief: Don’t leave the DAM Health, young talent is quietly thriving and why you might need a PhD to work out the Challenge Cup draw

Edinburgh at the DAM Health Stadium are a formidable force as more than a few sides have found to their cost this season. Pau were the latest victims, going down 54-5 in a Challenge Cup Pool C clash. Here’s what we learned from Friday night’s pummelling:

Edinburgh should think very carefully about moving games from the DAM Health Stadium

Edinburgh forwards coach Stevie Lawrie was asked this week about the potential of the club switching big European matches to Murrayfield should they progress to the latter stages of the Challenge Cup.

Lawrie, not unreasonably, said such decisions were above his pay grade but conceded that economics would be the deciding factor.

The DAM Health Stadium has a modest capacity - 7,800 - and the club could certainly attract far more were they to progress to a quarter- or semi-final against a top side.

But such is their record at their new home that Edinburgh should think very carefully about moving back to Murrayfield, even for a one-off game.

The capital side have yet to lose a competitive match at the DAM, where the atmosphere is claustrophobic and noisy. They’ve won seven and drawn one, and their last three victories there have been by gargantuan scorelines: 66-3, 56-8 and 54-5.

The win over Pau guarantees Edinburgh a home game in the last 16, and also in the quarter-finals, should they progress. They are in with a real shout of winning this competition - why put that at risk by going back to half-full (at best) Murrayfield?

Strength in depth of Mike Blair’s squad is encouraging

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Eyebrows were raised by Mike Blair’s team selection for the Pau match. While it was expected that some players