| First half timeline |
| 3 | Bath Rugby | Great burst into the Bath back line by Nick Abendanon to cut the Edinburgh defence. Mike Stephenson carried on up to within five metres of the line. |
| 3 | Bath Rugby | Try - P Dixon The ball was recycled at the ruck and some neat handling by Nicky Little sent hooker Pieter Dixon, playing in place of Lee Mears, over for the try. |
| 6 | Bath Rugby | Penalty kick - N Little Little missed with his wide angled conversion attempt, but wa on target a few minutes later from 30 metres out from the posts to extend the home lead. |
| 9 | Edinburgh | Chris Peterson came charging into the Edinburgh line as they won some ruck ball, but he lost possession and the move broke down. |
| 12 | Edinburgh | Penalty kick - C Paterson The Edinburgh skipper made up for his earlier lapse by hitting the mark from 30 metres after he had been taken out late after hoisting an up and under from his own half. |
| 14 | Bath Rugby | Good pressure from the home forwards in the Edinburgh 22 forced a charge down kick and then they wo a free kick at the scrum. The opted for another put in and launched a strong attack. |
| 15 | Edinburgh | A timely interception by Scott MacLeod in hsi own 22 broke up a promising Bath attack and the visitors were able to relieve the pressure through a penalty moments later. |
| 17 | Edinburgh | Edinburgh stole a Bath line-out and brought John Houston racing into the line. He reached the 22 and the home defence had to look sharp to keep them at bay. |
| 20 | Edinburgh | Penalty kick - C Paterson Geoff Cross won a penalty at a scrum in the home 22 and Paterson doesn't miss from there. |
| 24 | Bath Rugby | This time it was the Edinburgh scrum penalised by 2007 World Cup final referee Alain Rolland, but Little was wide with his penalty shot. |
| 28 | Bath Rugby | Good play fro Shontayne Hape sparked a move that took Bath deep into the edinburgh 22. Front row men David Flaton and Dixon joined in, with Abendanon also playing a part. The presure was maintained through half-a-dozen rucks. |
| 29 | Bath Rugby | Try - M Stephenson Good, stright running from Hape and his co-centre Matt Carraro made the final dent in the scottish defence and right wing Stephenson was able to dive over in the corner. Little was wide with the conversion. |
| 33 | Edinburgh | Yellow card - P Godman As the pressure from bath mounted, so Godman led his line up too quickly and Rolland had no hesitation in sending him to the bin. |
| 35 | Edinburgh | Ben Cairns intercepted a pass from Andy beattie just inside his 22 and raced straight downfield. He had Nick de Luca outside him, but he was eventually run down by Abendanon on the opposite 22. |
| 36 | Edinburgh | To make matters worse for Edinburgh, de Luca was turned over after being hit hard on the Bath 22 and the home side were able to clear. |
| 37 | Edinburgh | Penalty kick - C Paterson A high tackle from Hape on Greig Laidlaw gave the Edinburgh skipper another shot at goal from 35 metres and he was on target again. |
| Second half timeline |
| 41 | Edinburgh | Substitution - C Hamilton on for S Turnbull |
| 43 | Edinburgh | Godman is back on to take Edinburgh bck to a ll team.fu |
| 48 | Edinburgh | Paterson earned a penalty on half-way after launching a counter-attack and Godman kicked up to the 22. |
| 49 | Edinburgh | MacLeod won the line-out and Edinburgh went through the phases. Scott Newland sha d agood charge to make some ground, but eventually Godman was wide with a drop goal attempt from 30 metres. |
| 52 | Bath Rugby | Bath tested paterson with a high ball and then drove him back into his 22 when he took the clean catch. Edinburgh somehow scrambled the ball clear. |
| 55 | Edinburgh | Substitution - D Blair on for P Godman |
| 57 | Bath Rugby | Brilliant forgagin in the loose by Julian Salvi earned |Bath a turn over near half-way after Tim Visser had taken the ball into contact. Bath mounted a smart counter attack and Stephenson was hauled down two metres short. |
| 58 | Edinburgh | Substitution - K Traynor on for A Jacobsen |
| 60 | Edinburgh | Substitution - A Hogg on for S Newlands |
| 61 | Bath Rugby | Abendanon put in agreat, raking touch finder deep into the Edinburgh 22 that turned out even better when Visser conceded the throw in. From the line-out, 10 metres out, Bath pressed forward, but couldn't break through out wide. |
| 64 | Bath Rugby | Edinburgh hands in ruck near half-way, but Little's kcik hit the cross bar. |
| 66 | Edinburgh | Substitution - J Thompson on for C Paterson |
| 67 | Edinburgh | David Blair kicked Edinburgh downfield and earned them their best positon of the half. They got a penalty inside the home 22, but it came moments after Paterson had been replaced. |
| 67 | Edinburgh | Blair kicked forthe corner, rather than goal, and crucially put his attept over the dead bal lline. |
| 67 | Edinburgh | Substitution - A Kelly on for R Ford |
| 68 | Bath Rugby | Substitution - D Bell on for D Wilson |
| 69 | Edinburgh | Craig Hamilton took a pop pass on the gain line and broke through the home defence. Laidlaw chippe dthrough to the line, but it was too far. |
| 70 | Bath Rugby | Substitution - B Skirving on for A Beattie |
| 72 | Bath Rugby | Penalty kick - N Little Edinburgh penalised near half-way again and this time Little was on target to stretch the home lead. |
| 75 | Edinburgh | Visser did brilliantly to get outside his man in his own half and speed up the left wing and his inside pass to Blair looked as though it would bring a try. But the replacement outside half was caught at the death by Bath lock Peter Short and the chance w |
| 76 | Bath Rugby | Bath still had to contend with a five metre scruim and shunted Edinburgh off their own ball to clear. |
| 76 | Edinburgh | Substitution - R Samson on for D Blair |
| 79 | Edinburgh | Substitution - D Young on for G Cross |
| 79 | Edinburgh | Edinburgh piled on the pressure from a cloe range line-out and reached the line. As the seconds ticked away, sothe forwards hammered at the line. |
| 80 | Bath Rugby | Bath turned over Edinburgh on their own line, but scrum half Michael Claassens passed out of play and the referee awarded a penalty against him. That meant a few more minutes, and two more penalties, of uncertainty, which finally ended with a penalty agai |
