Welsh rugby legend Jamie Roberts has branded Will Rowlands the first name on Wayne Pivac's team sheet and earmarked him as a future national team captain.
Rowlands has been a revelation since he was brought into the Test arena by Pivac during the 2020 Six Nations. He has gone from strength to strength in the intervening period and has formed a formidable partnership with Adam Beard in the Wales second row.
Such is the quality of the duo, Pivac opted to leave vastly-experienced former skipper Alun Wyn Jones on the bench for the summer Tests in South Africa, historically one of the most difficult places for a front five to operate in world rugby.
