Brendan Laney added a drop goal

On the quarter-hour Brendan Laney put Edinburgh further ahead with a 30-yard drop goal.

Edinburgh continued to dominate, carving great holes in a lacklustre Llanelli defence.

With 25 minutes gone Graeme Burns' pass to Blackadder was flipped to Lee for a superb try.

Again Hodge converted, and still the Scarlets stayed under the cosh until the half hour mark when the passes started to stick and Mark Jones went close.

The Edinburgh defence held until five minutes from half-time when Stephen Jones put Llanelli on the board with a penalty.

But Edinburgh went into half-time deservedly 20-3 ahead.

They almost scored straight after the restart, Burns and Craig Smith both spilling passes on the Llanelli line.

Simon Taylor was on the scoresheet

When Marcus Di Rollo jinked through to find Simon Taylor on his elbow, the home side notched their third try.

Finally Llanelli raised their game and a series of attacks saw Leigh Davies make room for Mark Jones to dive over in the corner.

But Edinburgh stood firm and Hodge slotted his second penalty.

Latching onto a loose pass, Paterson sliced through to go under the posts for Hodge to convert.

Edinburgh capitalised on handling errors to get back to the Llanelli line for man of the match Blackadder to claim the final try and a comprehensive victory.

Edinburgh: Tries: M. Taylor, Lee, Utterson, Paterson, Blackadder. Cons: Hodge 3. Pens: Hodge 2. Drop goal: Laney.

Llanelli: Try: M. Jones. Pen: S. Jones.

Att: 3,420

Edinburgh: B Laney: D Lee, M di Rollo, K Utterson, C Paterson; D Hodge, G Burns (capt); J Brannigan, S Scott, C Smith, R Metcalfe, M Jolly, T Blackadder, S Taylor, G Dall.
Reps: C Di Ciacca, G Whittingham, P Robertson, A Dall, M Blair, G Ross, C Joiner.

Llanelli: B Davies; M Jones, N Boobyer, L Davies, W Proctor; S Jones, D Peel; M Madden, M Thomas, J Davies, V Cooper, C Wyatt, D Hodges, I Boobyer, S Quinnell (capt).
Reps: P Booth, R McBryde, L Gross, D Jones, M Phillips, G Bowen, T Selley.

Referee: Ian Ramage (SRU).