Sam Warburton picks his Wales back-row for Rugby World Cup

by Steven Smith

Thursday, 30 August 2018 at 11:23

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Sam Warburton has revealed the three players he believes will win the battle to be Wales' World Cup back rowers.

And Warburton, who appeared on BT Sport's Rugby Tonight show on Wednesday night, was pushed on the subject when answering viewers' questions.

"Toby Faletau has to be there. Definitely. Then I'm going to go with Ellis Jenkins and Justin Tipuric," he said.

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