Rugby evening headlines as Dallaglio claims 'lucky' Wales have no chance and O'Driscoll picks the three Welsh players to be feared

Your rugby evening headlines for Monday, January 31.

England World Cup-winner Lawrence Dallaglio says Wales were lucky to win last year's Six Nations championship.

Wayne Pivac's side were unfancied heading into last year's European showpiece but were only denied a Grand Slam in the final seconds of the final match against France, and instead had to settle for simply winning the title.

There were some cards, however, with Ireland, Scotland and France having players sent off against Wales.

"For Wales, the squad is in evolution at the moment," he told BT Sport.

"It would be disingenuous to say they were lucky to win the title last year but they were lucky. I don't quite know how they won it, really, but they did and credit to them.

"Having fans back in the stadium is massive for them. With all those senior players missing, they're going to need that 16th man but I can't see anything but Ireland winning the opener."

"But, as the old saying goes, you can only beat what's in front of you."

Brian O'Driscoll has warned Ireland to keep the ball away from Wales' potent back three ahead of the Six Nations opener in Dublin this weekend.

Wayne Pivac is having to deal with a raft of injury problems throughout his squad but back three remains a relatively healthy department.

Josh Adams, Louis Rees-Zammit and Liam Williams are all poised to take the field at the Aviva Stadium and all three are proven world class finishers.

As such, O'Driscoll thinks Ireland need to do a job on the Welsh pack.

The former centre told BT Sport: "There were some really big performances in the Gallagher Premiership this weekend from Dan Biggar, that wonder try from Louis Rees-Zammit.

"I guess the big area is can Ireland stop Wales from providing that quality