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Ben James

Wales senior stars could now fall by the wayside after Sam Warburton's call to move on

Sam Warburton Wales Pivac Bradley Davies Dan Biggar Gareth Davies Jonathan Davies Rhys Priestland Scarlets Alun Wyn

"We need to move on. I think we need to start picking a team which is going to carry us for the next five to 10 years.

"The senior players have been amazing and they're good friends of mine and I've shared some amazing moments with them in the dressing room. But I think we need to look beyond that now and start putting more faith in in younger players."

Those were the words of Sam Warburton to the BBC this week in the aftermath of Wales' troubling defeat to Italy last Saturday. It's time for Wales to restructure and move away from the players who have been the very bedrock of the team for a decade or so.

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