Sam Warburton will captain 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 taking over from Luke Charteris in the second row. 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 with an injury. Perpignan second row Charteris has a hamstring injury.
Wales team:
Leigh Halfpenny (Cardiff Blues),
Alex Cuthbert (Cardiff Blues),
Scott Williams (Scarlets),
Jamie Roberts (Racing Metro),
George North (Northampton Saints),
Rhys Priestland (Scarlets),
Mike Phillips (Racing Metro),
Gethin Jenkins (Cardiff Blues),
Richard Hibbard (Ospreys),
Adam Jones (Ospreys),
Andrew Coombs (Newport Gwent Dragons),
Alun Wyn Jones (Ospreys),
Dan Lydiate (Racing Metro),
Sam Warburton (capt - Cardiff Blues),
Taulupe Faletau (Newport Gwent Dragons).
Replacements: Ken Owens (Scarlets), Paul James (Bath Rugby), Rhodri Jones (Scarlets), Jake Ball (Scarlets), Justin Tipuric (Ospreys), Rhys Webb (Ospreys), James Hook (Perpignan), Liam Williams (Scarlets)
