ALUN Wyn Jones admits it will be a tricky task to avoid title talk but has stressed that Wales cannot head to Rome looking to rack up the points, writes Chris Kirwan.

The Six Nations title will up for grabs on Saturday with Warren Gatland saying that Wales (points difference 12) have a golden chance to put Ireland (33) and England (37) under pressure against Scotland at Murrayfield and France at Twickenham respectively.

The head coach warned against taking Italy lightly but stressed that a strong display will put the heat on their rivals later in the day.

He said: "If we go in with the attitude that we need to score 20, 30 or 40 points, then we will get caught with our pants down and get rolled over by Italy because they are not a bad side."

"We are the first game of the weekend," he continued. "That's going to put us potentially under some pressure, but hopefully England and Ireland will be under pressure too in terms of realising what they have to do to win the championship."

England ran in seven tries against Italy in a 52-11 win on final day last year but Jones has warned against going to the Stadio Olimpico with the expectation of putting them to the sword.

"It's about winning first and foremost," said the lock. "People talked about Grand Slams for Ireland and said if we were able to beat them it would be the championship for us.

"We have to ignore all that and stay inside the tent and realise performance comes first."

A fluent attacking performance in Rome will be wasted if Wales fail to keep their hosts' score down with centre Jonathan Davies calling on his teammates to fight for everything, just as they did against the Irish.

"There were times when it was backs to the wall but our character showed through," said the Clermont Auvergne man.

"We showed desperation and a willing to go that extra yard. Shaun (Edwards, defence coach) made a big point this about every inch counting and that period of defence showed that."