Rugby evening headlines as Welsh boss baffled, Liam Williams update issued and Wayne Pivac dealt Wales summer blow

These are your rugby evening headlines on Thursday, April 7.

Cardiff boss Dai Young said he is surprised at Scarlets No. 8 Sione Kalamafoni escaping a ban after a red card for a high tackle on replacement Gwilym Bradley last weekend. The Cardiff Director of Rugby also suggested there is a "lack of consistency" in these decisions.

The back-rower was involved in a huge collision with Bradley, who was running back a kick and thundered into Kalamafoni with a 15-metre run-up. A disciplinary hearing deemed the red card alone was sufficient, meaning Kalamafoni is free to face Cardiff again in the reverse fixture at the Arms Park this Saturday.

"I don't want to make a thing about him being available to play but I'm amazed there's no ban at all, if I'm totally honest," Young said. "If you look at Rey [Lee-Lo] copped a four-week ban early on in the season.

"All you want as a director of rugby is consistency and I get there are always mitigating factors, but if I'm reading it right the hearing upheld the red card but they felt that was sufficient. That doesn't really fall into line with everything else that has happened.

"Most of the red cards that happen are unintentional, most of them are by players who are not dirty - and Kalamafoni is certainly not a dirty player and he hasn't gone out to hurt Gwilym. But a red card normally carries a ban, so I'm surprised and it looks like there is a lack of consistency in these decisions. I'm glad he hasn't had a three or four-week ban because that's harsh but we've had them this year. I'm surprised he's had nothing."

As for Bradley's condition, Young said: "He hasn't trained much this week. He's been coming through the return-to-play protocols. You can fail at any stage. He's symptom-free