So, just how do you replace the leadership experience 434 worth of Test caps brings to the Wales World Cup party?
That is the dilemma Warren Gatland is wrestling with as he looks to find the right man to lead his team into battle at this autumn's global showpiece, when Wales lock horns with Australia, Fiji, Georgia and Portugal in the group stages and will look to set up a quarter-final showdown with either England or Argentina.
The decision of Gatland's Six Nations skipper Ken Owens to withdraw from the Welsh squad through injury exacerbates the captaincy issue.
