Sam Warburton will lead Wales against Ireland in Saturday's Six Nations match in Dublin. The Cardiff Blues flanker is named at open-side, with Ospreys' Justin Tipuric dropping to the bench. Prop Gethin Jenkins takes over at loose-head, with Andrew Coombs replacing Luke Charteris at lock as Warren Gatland makes three changes.
Warburton takes over the captaincy from second row Alun Wyn Jones, who led the team in their 23-15 win over Italy. Bath prop Paul James drops to the bench, but there is no place in the match-day 23 for centre Jonathan Davies, who made his comeback for the Scarlets on Saturday after two months out through injury
