Allan Jacobsen feels the force of Gonzalez' fist

Then he put over a drop goal from the left to bring Edinburgh level and set up what should have been a grandstand finish as the two teams attempted to put some pressure on pool pacesetters Bath and Swansea.

But, with the scores tied, the game just sank back to its previously disappointing level.

With two minutes remaining it boiled over with a punch up between Allan Jacobsen and Jean Michel Gonzalez who were both sin binned.

It proved to be the last meaningful action in the contest and already Edinburgh's bid to become the first Scottish side to reach the knock-out stages of the competition look doomed to failure.

Edinburgh: Paterson, Murray, Di Rollo, Utterson, Sharman, Hodge, Burns, Jacobsen, Scott, Smith, A. Walker, A. Davidson, A. Dall, G. Dall, S. Taylor.

Replacements: Di Ciacca, Brannigan, Mackinnon, M. Taylor, Fairley, Ross, Howarth.

Biarritz: Roff, Bernat-Salles, Cassin, Isaac, Legg, Peyrelongue, Bonnet, Puleoto, Gonzales, Fitzgerald, Nouchi, Roumat, Betsen, Milheres, Chouchan.

Replacements: Irazoqui, Curnier, Matiu, Nauroy, Mazas, Morlaes, Brusque.

Referee: Tony Spreadbury (RFU)