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The Blues stayed on course for a last-eight spot by defeating Harlequins 23-12 at the Arms Park - and Cardiff now need victory over Bristol at the Memorial Stadium to guarantee Welsh representation in the knockout stages.

Head coach Young said: "This game was a potential banana skin for us. Although Quins were realistically out of the tournament, we knew they wouldn't roll over."

Pool Three remains wide open, with both Bristol and French champions Stade Francais waiting to pounce on any Cardiff slip-up.

"We now have a massive game against Bristol coming up. We are good enough to win there - but if Bristol are allowed to dictate the pace of the game we will have problems.

"We know how difficult it will be to go there and get a result - there are no easy games.

"All you can ask for going into the last game of the pool is that your destiny is in your own hands."

Tries in each half from centres Dafydd Hewitt and Tom Shanklin, plus 13 points from the boot of full-back Ben Blair gave Cardiff their vital victory.

Quins, though, battled every inch of the way and matched the home side on tries through touchdowns for centre Hal Luscombe and full-back Mike Brown.

Young added: "It wasn't a perfect performance by us, but it was never going to be."