He regards the tie as “a great opportunity” for the Scottish region to bounce back from their 16-10 defeat by Ulster Rugby in the United Rugby Championship.

“We’re obviously really disappointed to lose that unbeaten record at home,” Blair commented. “It’s more of a stat than anything else, but it also shows that we are very difficult to beat at home, and that stands going into the Wasps game.

“So, it is a great opportunity for us to get back on the horse. I thought we played some really good stuff at the weekend without scoring the points – but we all know that scoring the points is the most important bit, so we’ve got some work to do in and around there.”

Blair is fully aware of the English side’s capabilities after they were involved in an extraordinary 42-42 draw in the Gallagher Premiership at London Irish last weekend.

“I thought Wasps played some outstanding rugby against London Irish in the first 60 minutes on Sunday and then London Irish obviously came back into the game,” he said.

“But it shows the quality of team that is going to come up here and we expect them to come fully loaded and ready to go. They are a team who can really turn it on, so we’ll have to stop that being the case.

“Hopefully the game will be open when we’ve got the ball and not so open when they’ve got it. They’ve got lots of quality individuals and play a heads-up brand of rugby.

“We like an open game. I believe it suits the players we’ve got. But as we saw at the weekend, when the rain comes down you’ve got to adapt what you are doing a little bit – so I think it will be a great challenge for us.”

That is how Wasps are approaching the tie, especially after losing both their previous meetings to Edinburgh in the competition, in the 2019-20 pool stage.

“This weekend will be a huge challenge,” commented Wasps lock Joe Launchbury. “We’re playing against a high-quality side, full of international players. If we feel sorry for ourselves, it’s going to be a tough afternoon in Edinburgh.”

Edinburgh Rugby head coach Mike Blair has warned Wasps that his side will still be hard to beat at DAM Health Stadium in Saturday's EPCR Challenge Cup quarter-final after losing their unbeaten home record last weekend.