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#Wales’s #SamWarburton leads race for #British and #IrishLions captaincy

Sam Warburton will captain Wales in their four-match autumn Test series and in next year’s Six Nations in a significant departure by the men in red before the Lions tour to New Zealand next summer. Warburton led the Lions in Australia in 2013 and, with Warren Gatland taking a year-long sabbatical from Wales before the 10-match trip to New Zealand for which he will be head coach, is the leading contender for the armband, closely pursued by England’s Dylan Hartley who has enjoyed a career resurrection under Eddie Jones.