Sam Warburton named on the bench for Wales' Six Nations clash with Italy

Wales captain Sam Warburton has been named among the replacements for Saturday's Six Nations clash with Italy in Rome.

The flanker missed the 16-6 win over France last weekend because of a shoulder problem and Rob Howley has decided to stick with the same starting XV, with Justin Tipuric keeping his place and Ryan Jones skippering the side.

Warburton will be joined on the bench by Ospreys lock Alun-Wyn Jones, who was added to the squad last week after his return from a shoulder injury.

Wales team to face Italy:

Team: L Halfpenny (Cardiff Blues); A Cuthbert (Cardiff Blues), J Davies (Scarlets), J Roberts (Cardiff Blues), G North (Scarlets); D Biggar (Ospreys), M Phillips (Bayonne); G Jenkins (Toulon), R Hibbard (Ospreys), A Jones (Ospreys), A Coombs (Newport Gwent Dragons), I Evans (Ospreys), R Jones (Ospreys, capt), J Tipuric (Ospreys), T Faletau (Newport Gwent Dragons).

Replacements: K Owens (Scarlets), P James (Bath), C Mitchell (Exeter), A-W Jones (Ospreys), S Warburton (Cardiff Blues), L Williams (Cardiff Blues), J Hook (Perpignan), S Williams (Scarlets).