Matthew Rees has challenged himself to regain the Welsh captaincy before the start of the Six Nations in February.
The 30-year-old was forced to hand his skippering duties over to Sam Warburton when a neck injury ruled him out of the recent World Cup.
Warburton kept the role for the weekend's defeat against Australia, but Rees is keen to resume the responsibility in the near future.
"It was something I was disappointed with, losing the captaincy," said the hooker. "It is a challenge for myself obviously to get that back.
"Sam has done a great job at the World Cup but the unfortunate thing for me was I lost it through an injury not because of form which is quite hard to swallow.
"But that's rugby and it is how you react and bounce back."
Rees made his debut for Wales in 2005 against the United States of America.
