Edinburgh Rugby A hooker Harri Morris praised the way the side stuck to their task after being behind at half-time to go on and score four second-half tries to defeat their Glasgow counterparts on Friday evening.

In a game where both squads were made up of fringe full-time pro players, senior academy members and some in-form club players, Glasgow led 14-7 after 40 minutes at Hive Stadium thanks to converted tries from winger Aidan Cross and captain Duncan Munn.

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Edinburgh had scored a converted effort of their own in that period through scrum-half Conor McAlpine and, after the break in the capital, came out firing with tries from Ollie Blyth-Lafferty, the tighthead prop, and stand-off Cammy Scott.

They were up 21-14 for a long spell before late tries from winger Lewis Wells and Morris as it finished 33-14.

Harri Morris was one of Edinburgh's try scorersHarri Morris was one of Edinburgh's try scorers (Image: SNS) "It was a bit touch and go in the first half, pretty closely contested, but we really stuck in and in that second 40 we came put on top," said Edinburgh senior academy player Morris.

“I felt like in that first 40 we were defending the whole time and we did really well to keep them out, then when we got down their end we took our chances really well, which showed in the final scoreline.

"For us youngster guys, this season has been so much better in terms of playing games.

"Last year, the players on the fringe wouldn't play at all if they weren't picked for the main team, so the way it has been structured this season in terms of playing the Premiership and having loads more A games lined-up which is huge for our development.”

Number eight Jack Mann was one of the full-time players who was involved for Glasgow and although things didn’t go their way after the interval, he thought there were plenty positives to take from this exercise.

Glasgow's Jack Mann felt it was a valuable hit-out despite being on the wrong side of the resultGlasgow's Jack Mann felt it was a valuable hit-out despite being on the wrong side of the result (Image: Glasgow Warriors/SNS) “I think we can be pretty pleased with our effort in general and certainly our attack came together pretty well, especially in that first half,” Mann said.

“I think in the second half things didn’t quite come together as they had in the first, but defensively we did well to keep us within seven points for quite a while until the last two tries near the end.

“I thought that some of the younger boys in the team and who came off the bench really stood up well and can be pleased with their performances.

“Guys will have learnt a lot from that. Sometimes younger guys don’t get enough game time, but with more A games coming up and the Premiership draft they will keep learning through games.”