Wales squad selector: No room for Alun Wyn Jones in your Wales team for Italy
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Adam Beard and Will Rowlands have forged a successful partnership, starting all four games in this year's Six Nations
Six Nations: Wales v Italy |
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Venue: Principality Stadium, Cardiff Date: Saturday, 19 March Kick-off: 14:15 GMT |
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BBC Sport online voters would not have started Alun Wyn Jones against Italy at the Principality Stadium on Saturday.
Despite the world's most capped player's latest miraculous return to fitness, you wanted to see Adam Beard and Will Rowlands continue in the second row for Wales.
You would have recalled Louis Rees-Zammit and dropped Jonathan Davies for the final Six Nations game.
The poll also wanted Wayne Pivac to restore Taine Basham to the back row.
Wales' head coach stuck with lock-turned flanker Seb Davies and brought back lock Jones when he announced seven changes on Tuesday.
Beard was chosen in 72% of your selections and Rowlands in 66% - leaving Jones trailing well behind the current partnership in third place for either of the two lock positions.
Another Wales veteran who has returned during this tournament again proved your most popular choice, Taulupe Faletau polling over 91%. Josh Navidi, who made his comeback after injury in the narrow defeat against France, was also strongly favoured in the back row, named in 76% of your teams.
Lions centre Davies - whose one start of the tournament was last week - was a popular choice in your selections at the start of the tournament, but now polls third choice behind Nick Tompkins (49.69%) for the number 12 jersey and fourth behind Owen Watkin (30.24%) to wear 13. Willis Halaholo who was your second choice for both centre berths is given the nod by Pivac.
Rees-Zammit, who Pivac left out of the side to play England and was only a replacement against France, would narrowly be your choice to start on the left wing against the side bottom of the Six Nations table. He polled 37.89%, while the player who has occupied the jersey in recent games, Alex Cuthbert, received 34.88%.
You can still pick your XV but your selections will not be counted towards the result - don't forget to share your picks on social media using #bbcrugby.
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