FEW are predicting an away win in Cardiff on Sunday after round one of the Six Nations but Wales’ propping pair are advising caution.

Toothless Scotland dominated possession and territory against England last Saturday evening only to suffer a 13-6 Calcutta Cup defeat in Edinburgh.

Less than 24 hours later Wales deservedly took the spoils in a 23-21 thriller in Dublin after a performance brimming with attacking intent and oodles of character.

The bookies have responded by giving Scotland a 12-point head start in the early handicap betting for Sunday’s encounter at the Millennium Stadium.

However, tighthead Adam Jones and loosehead Rhys Gill believe that Wales will need to up their game if they are to back up their Aviva Stadium victory.

“Scotland will be disappointed the way they lost against England,” said Jones, who penned a new two-year Ospreys deal yesterday.

“They probably should have won it comfortably with the chances they had. They’ve a good pack of forwards, a big front-five and the No 8 (man of the match David Denton) ... I don’t know who the hell he was but he was a very good player, so we’ve got our work cut out.

“They’re going to be a tough side. They’re going to come out fighting. Their coach Andy Robinson is going to have them pretty worked up this week.

“I don’t think we played to our potential against Ireland. We can play much better.”

Saracens front rower Gill, who won his second cap in Dublin, said that the Wales coaching staff had told them in no uncertain terms that they expect more from their charges at the Millennium Stadium. “They said in our dressing room that we were playing at about 70% and have got more in the tank to give,” said the 25-year-old.

“The boys worked so hard and got the result they deserved. Ireland are a good side, really tough to beat on their pitch so for us to come through was brilliant.

“But we have got to raise our game against the Scots because I think they will come flying at us. It’ll be another tough day.”

The Saracens man earned the praise of 30-year-old Jones, who locked horns with him at Wembley and the Liberty Stad-ium in the Heineken Cup last December. “I’ve played against him a couple of times this season and he would be one of the better looseheads I’ve been up against,” he said.

“It’s obviously a step-up from the English Premiership to this level and I thought he did fantastically. He has a big future.

“Like Gethin Jenkins, he’s mobile. Gethin is more of a leader but Gilly carried the ball, he tackled, he did everything we asked of him.”