(Brian O’Driscoll (top) following the test defeat against Australia last weekend and , above, analysis by Murray Kinsella of why change was needed)
O’Driscoll, who is on his fourth and last Lions tour, was the leading candidate to replace the injured captain Sam Warburton, not least because he was in charge of the team in 2005 and has worn the armband twice on this tour.
But with the bid for the series being overwhelmingly Welsh, Jones – who led Wales in Italy in 2009 under Gatland but has been overlooked since for the permanent position – is charged with invoking the spirit that took the men in red to the Six Nations title against England in Cardiff last March.
Alun Wyn Jones to captain Lions team as Brian O’Driscoll misses out (Guardian)
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