Six Nations 2013: George North says Wales want England scalp above all others ahead of Millennium Stadium clash "I spoke to Sam regarding it and he really enjoyed that preparation last week," said coach Rob Howley, "and the way he played - he was man of the match - he didn't really want to change that. I had a gut feeling that he would rather just focus on his own game. It speaks volumes for Sam. One thing about our squad is how selfless they are. With Jones out with a broken bone in his shoulder Howley had a choice between Jenkins, who missed the Scotland match with a calf injury and now replaces Paul James, and lock Alun Wyn Jones, who had a mountainous match at Murrayfield but had missed the early part of the tournament through injury. "It's about what is best for the Welsh team playing England on Saturday," said Howley, "That situation is for Gethin Jenkins to be captain. He is vastly experienced and has captained before. Alun Wyn has obviously come into the squad late and, after the physicality of his performance against Scotland, I felt he needed to concentrate on his own game again. Jenkins has captained Wales four times previously, most recently against Italy in last year's Six Nations. That is the only game his team have won, though. Wales have opted for two genuine openside flankers after the combination of Warburton and Tipuric embarrassed Scotland at the breakdown in the latter stages last weekend. In starting them together for the first time Wales will attempt to do something similar to an England side that in effect is fielding three blindside flankers in Chris Robshaw, Tom Wood and Tom Croft. "I've been pretty consistent in saying that I'd like Justin and Sam to play together," said Howley, " Obviously it is injury-enforced, having our two first choice numbers sixes in Ryan [Jones] and Dan Lydiate out, but I was really pleased how they worked together last week. They put pressure on the ball. They are both very intelligent rugby players and pressure on the ball on Saturday will be very important. We've got two world-class No 7s, two fetchers, two players who can be smart in the contact area. As for England? "We'll just concentrate on ourselves," said Howley, "It will be a special atmosphere and I've just said to the players to embrace it."