Cardiff Rugby have named their team to face the Scarlets as they look to put a tumultuous week off the field to one side tomorrow night.
The last five days have been dominated by talk of the club's investigation into allegations that some of their players behaved in an 'appalling' manner - including the throwing of eggs - at The Grange pub in the city last weekend.
Cardiff have denied rumours that some players have already been sacked and Director of Rugby Dai Young must now get his side to focus on the task at hand, having lost their last two matches, against Glasgow and the Lions, convincingly.
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Young has made eight changes to his side. Jason Harries comes in for Aled Summerhill, who suffered a blow to the head in the defeat to the Lions last week and Willis Halaholo comes in to make his first start of the season, with Max Llewellyn dropping to the bench.
Thomas Young has recovered from a neck spasm to come in for James Botham, who rolled his ankle last week, at openside.
In the front row, Kristian Dacey comes in for Liam Belcher, who suffered what was described as an 'abdominal or groin injury' by Young last week.
Loose-head prop Brad Thyer, who is usually third in the pecking order, is out of the side with Rhys Carre overcoming a dead leg to start. Tight-head Dillon Lewis is missing from the matchday 23 altogether having started last week and is Dmitri Arhip. Will Davies-King is the replacement tight-head on the bench.
The final change sees Rory Thornton removed from bench duty, with Teddy Williams coming in.
The Scarlets, meanwhile, have failed to win any of their opening three matches and are desperate for any sort of win. They have made six changes to the side that lost out in Treviso last weekend, with Johnny McNicholl returning to the wing, joining Leigh Halfpenny and Ryan Conbeer in the back three.
Johnny Williams is ruled out with an injury, so Corey Baldwin steps into the No.13 shirt, with skipper Jonathan Davies moving into inside centre. Half-backs Sam Costelow and Gareth Davies come into the starting line-up.
There are two changes in the pack, where Ryan Elias comes back at hooker and Blade Thomson starts at openside, replacing Josh Macleod, who is going through return to play protocols after suffering a concussion last weekend.
Scarlets: Leigh Halfpenny; Johnny McNicholl, Corey Baldwin, Jonathan Davies (C), Ryan Conbeer; Sam Costelow, Gareth Davies; Steff Thomas, Ryan Elias, Javan Sebastian; Tom Price, Sam Lousi; Vaea Fifita, Blade Thomson, Sione Kalamfoni.
Reps: Ken Owens, Wyn Jones, Harri O'Connor, Jac Price, Shaun Evans, Dan Blacker, Dan Jones, Steff Evans.
Cardiff Rugby: Rhys Priestland; Jason Harries, Rey Lee-Lo, Uilisi Halaholo, Theo Cabango; Jarrod Evans, Tomos Williams; Rhys Carré, Kristian Dacey, Dmitri Arhip; Lopeti Timani, Seb Davies; Josh Turnbull (C), Thomas Young, Taulupe Faletau.
Reps: Kirby Myhill, Corey Domachowski, Will Davies-King, Teddy Williams, Shane Lewis-Hughes, Lloyd Williams, Mason Grady, Max Llewellyn.
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