Still, it was the Kings who went into half-time with the momentum, leading 13-7 thanks to a pair of Masixole Banda penalties.

Edinburgh had the upper hand in the scrum, but it took until the hour for them to lead for the first time, a penalty try giving them a one-point advantage.

Ross Ford then went over from a rolling maul with eight minutes remaining, and it seemed the win was in the bag as Richard Cockerill’s side led 21-13.

However the Kings hit straight back, replacement Bader Pretorius bursting through after a Kings maul.

And that was when the drama started. From the restart Simon Hickey went deep, and from inside their 22, the Kings shifted the ball from left to right. Meli Rokoua spotted a gap and raced through, carrying the ball in one hand as he did so. And then after being clipped by a tap tackle, he threw the offload to Penxe outside him.

The winger had far too much pace for the covering defence, even a retreating Bill Mata, and went over in the corner for the match-winning score.

Edinburgh had no way back in the last three minutes, going down 25-21 in one of the Kings’ best wins since joining the Guinness PRO14.

The Scots will be desperate to avoid a repeat when the sides next meet at BT Murrayfield on January 4.