ASSISTANT coach Robin McBryde claims the Wales captaincy is ‘‘up for discussion’’ after an injured Ryan Jones was ruled out of Saturday’s RBS 6 Nations title decider against England in Cardiff.

Leadership duties, it is understood, could be handed to British and Irish Lions Test lock Alun-Wyn Jones for a game that sees Wales targeting a successful Six Nations title defence and destroying England’s Grand Slam dream in the process.

Sam Warburton, who lost the skipper’s role to back-row colleague Jones when he was injured for last month’s Paris appointment with France, is viewed in many quarters as an obvious choice.

But with prop Gethin Jenkins also in the mix if he is recalled instead of Paul James, Wales boss Rob Howley might decide on naming a third different captain of the campaign.

Asked about the captaincy, Wales assistant coach McBryde said: ‘‘That will be up for discussion.

‘‘There are quite a few sore bodies at this stage after Saturday, and we are not under any pressure to make any decisions at the moment.

‘‘We will take our time and make sure the decisions are right in order to get things spot-on for Saturday.

‘‘We are in a good place.

Those decisions will come on Thursday.’’ Howley’s team announcement is scheduled for tomorrow, but the absence of 73 times-capped Jones – who is set to be replaced by Justin Tipuric – will hit Wales.

Jones, 32 tomorrow, led Wales to successive away wins against France, Italy and Scotland, reviving a campaign that could easily have fallen away quickly following an opening weekend home loss to Ireland.

But a shoulder injury suffered during the second-half at Murrayfield now threatens to sideline him until early May.