Wales host France who are unbeaten in this years Six Nations after opening victories over England and Italy respectively while Wayne Pivac’s side need to win to keep alive their hopes of retaining the championship.
Les Bleus have not won in Cardiff since 2010 but Jones insists their home record will count for nothing unless they put their best foot forward.
“Sometimes, you go away and people talk about pressure, but I think there’s more pressure from playing at home because that expectancy is there,” said Jones.
“We have to try not to give them a head start this time. We’re at home as well, so we’d like to think we won’t give them the start to make it difficult for ourselves in the latter stages.
“It’s irrelevant what we have or haven’t done in the past. There’s always that expectancy when you’re playing on your home ground and that will be no different tomorrow.
“The fact we’re at home, we don’t want to think or rely on a home advantage but ultimately the message will be stick to the process, stick to the things we probably didn’t do to give whatever opposition team the ascendancy in a game and go on from there.”
Wales will field the most experienced starting XV in Five or Six Nations history on Saturday with 859 caps between them. Jones, who has won 136 Wales caps himself, admits experience could be a telling factor but has warned his side not to expert any favours from the opposition.
“I’d like to think so but whatever is said, whatever numbers you pull from statistics, it can be very dangerous to rely on those as well,” said Jones when asked how much of a difference Wales’ extra experience will make.
“We were well aware of the exciting French squad that was announced before the campaign and they’ve backed that up with their first two performances.”
