Eddie Jones insists England will be “psychologically vulnerable” against Ireland next weekend as they looked to “achieve greatness” in going for back-to-back Grand Slams.

England humbled Scotland at Twickenham to retain the Six Nations title, equalling New Zealand’s world record of 18 consecutive wins by a tier one nation in the process.

That means that when England travel to the Aviva Stadium next Saturday they will not only be playing for back-to-back Grand Slams, but also for a place in history.

Standing in their way is an Irish side fresh from a crushing defeat by Wales on Friday night, which gave England the opportunity to win the title with a game spare, but Jones believes nothing will motivate them more than spoiling the Red Rose’s party.

“It’s a completely different contest," he said. "Ireland, psychologically, are in a very strong position.

“They’re beaten, they’re out of the tournament, they love spoiling parties. And the party they would love to spoil the most is the England party.

“They’ve got an enormous amount of psychological advantage. We’re vulnerable. We’ve won, we’re champions of the Six Nations and we’re in the most vulnerable state so we’re going to have to work very hard to get ourselves right for the game.”

England vs Scotland player ratings Show all 30 1 /30 England vs Scotland player ratings England vs Scotland player ratings ENGLAND: 15-Mike Brown Busy game, his best for a while, not least for his left-footed kicking option. Equalled Matt Perry’s record as most-capped England full-back (36). 7/10 Getty Images England vs Scotland player ratings 14-Anthony-Watson Frustrating day at the office. Did little wrong but not as involved as he should be. Still learning the Chris Ashton-style tracking skills. 6 Getty Images England vs Scotland player ratings 13-Jonathan Joseph Wonderful early try when he came short off Ford and jinked past Hogg for his fourth try of the tournament. Looked a class act once again. 7 Getty Images England vs Scotland player ratings 12-Luther Burrell Failed to trust his left-hand pass in first minute, butchering a try. Not hitting the heights of last year but offers a physical threat. AP England vs Scotland player ratings 11-Jack Nowell Relished the open spaces with ball in hand but blew a try and got sucked in too easily defensively. Still a work in progress at this level. 7 Getty Images England vs Scotland player ratings 10-George Ford Threatened Scotland throughout with his delayed passes on the gain-line. Ghosted through for valuable try soon after the break. 8 Getty Images England vs Scotland player ratings 9-Ben-Youngs Improvement from Dublin. Took more responsibility and varied his game well around fringes. Holding off Wigglesworth’s challenge. 8 Getty Images England vs Scotland player ratings 1-Joe Marler Penalised more than once at the scrum but, after 10 successive starts, has plenty of credit in the bank. 6 Getty Images England vs Scotland player ratings 2-Dylan Hartley His lineout arrows were slightly off. He remains under fierce pressure for the No 2 shirt from Tom Youngs. 5 Getty Images England vs Scotland player ratings 3-Dan Cole Lucky to avoid yellow card for his goal-line lunge at the ruck. His discipline was a bit loose but put in good shift at the scrum. 6 Getty Images England vs Scotland player ratings 4 -Dave Atwood The Bath man is always a force in the maul and scrum but still needs to do bit more around the park. 6 Getty Images England vs Scotland player ratings 5-Courtney Lawes Big impact on his first appearance since the autumn. Prominent in lineout and put constant pressure on the Scots, as Russell can testify. 8 Getty Images England vs Scotland player ratings 6-James Haskell Questionable whether he is doing enough to fend off Wood’s challenge for the No 6 shirt. His forward pass denied Brown a second-half try. 6 Getty Images England vs Scotland player ratings 7-Chris Robshaw As consistent as ever. Stuart Lancaster’s fear must be whether the skipper can keep going at full throttle until the World Cup is done. 7 Getty Images England vs Scotland player ratings 8-Billy Vunipola Scotland kept him under wraps pretty well. Like Robshaw, no doubting his engine. His power from standing start is wondrous at times. 7 Getty Images England vs Scotland player ratings SCOTLAND: 15-Stuart Hogg Saved Scotland three times with his last-ditch tackles on Burrell and Brown during the early English siege. 8 Getty Images England vs Scotland player ratings 14-Dougie Fife Will be pleased with his efforts after coming in for Sean Lamont. Did not look out of place and made crucial try-saving tackle on Nowell. 7 Getty Images England vs Scotland player ratings 13-Mark Bennett Looks set for a long spell in the No 13 shirt. The Glasgow centre took his try well and shows terrific composure for a 22-year-old. 8 Getty Images England vs Scotland player ratings 12-Matt Scott Flew out the line to provide Joseph with his fifth-minute try. First Test start for a year and looked like it. 6 Getty Images England vs Scotland player ratings 11-Tommy Seymour Forced to switch from right to left wing and coped efficiently. Honours even with his battle with Watson. 7 Getty Images England vs Scotland player ratings 10-Finn Russell Good touches though did not enjoy the close attentions of Lawes and Co. But Scots must keep the faith - he can get a back-line moving. 6 Getty Images England vs Scotland player ratings 9-Greig Laidlaw Raised the tempo when called for. The experienced No 9 is a vital presence in such a young back-line. 7 Getty Images England vs Scotland player ratings 1-Alasdair Dickinson Tends to fade in later part of the match but his lineout work is as good as at any time in his career. 5 Getty Images England vs Scotland player ratings 2-Ross Ford Tends to fade in later part of the match but his lineout work is as good as at any time in his career. 7 Getty Images England vs Scotland player ratings 3-Euan Murray Equalled Allan Jacobsen’s caps record for a Scottish prop (65). The former Lion still has plenty to offer, in the set piece at least. 7 Getty Images England vs Scotland player ratings 4-Jim Hamilton Brought in by Vern Cotter for his physicality and strength in the maul and he didn’t let his coach down. Is a more disciplined player these days. 7 Getty Images England vs Scotland player ratings 5-Jonny Gray Scotland’s captain-in-waiting according to some. A menace in the lineout and shows maturity beyond his years – he was 21. 7 Getty Images England vs Scotland player ratings 6-Robert Harley Possibly shaded the battle of the blind-sides. Likes to annoy opponents and generally succeeds. 6 Getty Images England vs Scotland player ratings 7-Blair Cowan Earning an unwanted reputation for conceding penalties, but he remains a key cog in this side. One of the best turnover merchants around. 7 Getty Images England vs Scotland player ratings 8-David Denton Gave Scotland a good ball-carrying outlet and more bulk in the tight exchanges. Decent performance before giving way to Beattie. 6 Getty Images

The game takes place on St Patrick’s Day and when asked whether that will have an impact, Jones joked: “I don’t know, it depends if you drink Guinness or not.”

In beating Scotland, England achieved a back-to-back Six Nations win for the first time since 2001.

However, Jones challenged his players to become great by doing it again but with Grand Slams and admitted the players’ minds were already on next weekend.

“Not for me, but for the players it means they have achieved greatness,” Jones continued. “How many times in life to you get a chance to be great but that’s the opportunity they’ve got.

Jones during Saturday's game at Twickenham (Getty)

“It’s exciting. They’re in the dressing room now talking about it. They want to do it.”

Jonathan Joseph was the star of the show at HQ with a hat-trick of tries and a lovely assist for Anthony Watson as England tore through the Scottish defence, particularly in the first half.

Joseph was dropped for the Italy clash with Ben Te’o replacing him but Jones insisted the Bath centre was one of his key players and was only dropped so the squad could improve.

“He’s a good player, he’s always been a good player for us,” said the Australian.

“He’s one of our first-choice players but I need to find depth in our squad and that Italian game was an opportunity to find depth.”

England also retained the Calcutta Cup with victory against Scotland (Getty)

He also revealed that an attitude shift was behind the step-up in performance.

“We’ve had two excellent weeks of preparation and it’s been an attitude shift in the team – and the attitude hasn’t been bad – but there’s been a real shift to embrace what’s ahead of us and lift us to the next level.

“I thought today, great credit to Scotland, they stuck in there with a lot of injuries and worked hard, we were good in the set-piece, our breakdown work was good, it’s a very strong jackaling team.

“And we executed some lovely plays – some of the space created for JJ (Joseph) today was outstanding and it was the work of George Ford and Owen Farrell on the inside.