Sam Warburton, who so famously led Wales to the World Cup Semi Final in the autumn, has declared he will have no issues standing aside if Matthew Rees is reappointed captain for the upcoming Six Nations campaign.
Rees led Wales in last year’s Six Nations, only to miss the World Cup in New Zealand with a neck injury. Warburton stepped into his boots and received a huge amount of praise from all sides for his leadership skills, despite his sending off against France proving a crucial part of their eventual elimination from the tournament.
Warburton though, who has also been named Rugby Writers Club’s personality of the year this week insists it is playing for his country that is the most important thing to him whether that be as captain or under someone such as Rees.
Warburton told BBC sport “I’ve had no indication what’s going to happen, but Matthew was captain for the last Six Nations campaign. He did a brilliant job and it was only bad luck why he didn’t end up being captain in the World Cup”.