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<\/span><\/span>Dai Young has been suspended as Cardiff director of rugby, BBC Wales Sport has learned.<\/span><\/p>\n Cardiff Rugby said Young was not at the club’s training ground for work on Friday.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n They confirmed the 55-year-old will not be with the team for Saturday’s final game of the season against rivals Ospreys at the Principality Stadium.<\/span><\/p>\n It has been reported that a number of complaints have been made against Young from employees.<\/span><\/p>\n The decision followed a board meeting on Thursday and the club’s players were informed on Friday, though it could not have come at a worse time.<\/span><\/p>\n Young has been removed on the eve of Cardiff facing arch-rivals Ospreys to qualify for the Heineken Champions Cup and on the same day as the funeral of long-time chairman Peter Thomas.<\/span><\/p>\n Cardiff need just one point from the United Rugby Championship [URC] game to claim the Welsh spot in European club rugby’s top competition.<\/span><\/p>\n Assistant coach Richard Hodges, who gave this week’s media briefing on Thursday, is expected to take the helm at the Judgement Day showpiece.<\/span><\/p>\n Young, a former British and Irish Lion and dual-code Wales international, is in his second spell in charge at Cardiff where he played most of his career.<\/span><\/p>\n Young won both the EDF Energy Cup and European Challenge Cup in his first spell, as well as reaching the Heineken Cup semi-finals, before leaving to take the reins at Wasps in 2011.<\/span><\/p>\n He returned to the Arms Park in 2021, though the team is facing a drastic reduction in the playing squad and budget as Welsh rugby comes to terms with austerity measures next season.<\/span><\/p>\n