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Dai Young hopes for resolution of Cardiff's investigation into players' 'appalling' behaviour next week

Cardiff Rugby boss Dai Young hopes that next week will bring some clarity over the clubs investigation into the behaviour of some players at a pub last Saturday.

The build up to the derby against the Scarlets was dominated by allegations that some Cardiff players behaved 'appallingly' and threw eggs at The Grange pub following their defeat to the Lions last time out.

After his side's 16-10 win over the Scarlets, Young insisted he was not involved in the investigation but hoped it would reach some form of conclusion in the coming days.

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"As we've already said, the process is underway and we're in the middle of the process at the minute," he said. "I'm not a part of that process.

"I'm sure you'll respect that I can't say any more than that on the subject."

Young was then asked if there were some players in his squad that he wasn't able to pick for disciplinary reasons. He responded: "Obviously we didn't put the injury update out today for that reason. Hopefully we can clear all those situations up next week."

Then he was asked if any players were coming back into consideration for the upcoming clash with the Dragons, to which he responded: "I think we'll talk about that next week."

But Young was in buoyant mood after his side's much-needed win over a rudderless Scarlets side in Llanelli on Saturday night.

A try from Tomos Williams and the boot of Jarrod Evans was enough to seal a six-point victory down west, moving his side to two wins from four matches so far this season.

"I'm really pleased," he said. "We didn't have a lot of ball but we took our opportunities in the first half and got our noses in front. Our backs were against the wall in the second half but I was really pleased with the determination, spirit and togetherness, which has been questioned on a number of occasions.

"We couldn't ask much more of the spirit. You don't want to be making all those tackles and you don't want to be stuck in your 22 as much as we were today but the boys really stood up to a real physical Scarlets team.

"We rode our luck on occasions as well, to be fair, but I couldn't have asked much more of the players today in defence. They were outstanding."

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