Four times rugby stars were stripped of the captaincy

4. Ryan Jones (Wales)

Warren Gatland punished Jones for 2007’s “embarrassing” draw against Fiji by handing the captain’s armband to Matthew Rees. Jones conceded the decisive penalty to the South Sea Islanders and found himself directly in the firing line of his furious Welsh coach.

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