Andy Farrell hopes there's more to come from Ireland

Andy Farrell says he hopes there's more to come from his Ireland side, after they sealed back-to-back Guinness Six Nations titles.

A 17-13 win was enough for the defending champions to see off a determined Scotland side at the Aviva Stadium, with tries for Dan Sheehan and Andrew Porter and seven points off the boot of Jack Crowley edging them to victory.

Last week's defeat away to England looked to be hanging over the Irish performance for chunks of this game, but while they missed multiple chances to kill the tie in the third quarter, the physical toll of defence proved too much for the Scots, with Porter's try on 65 minutes giving Ireland some breathing room.

And Farrell says while it wasn't a classic performance, the close nature of the game makes the win a little bit sweeter.

"I suppose it does. It's a proper Test match and when a trophy is on the line for the both of us, that’s how it should be, shouldn’t it?," he said.

"I’ve no doubt that Scotland will be proud of their performance as well as us, but ultimately we’re delighted. It’s about winning championships for us and that’s unbelievably pleasing because it’s so hard to do.

"Everyone constantly talks about Grand Slams and we get carried away with it so much, back-to-back Grand Slams have never been done before, there’s obviously a good reason for that but for us to be in a position to win back-to-back Six Nations is a nice feeling, because it goes down in history for Irish rugby. We’re unbelievably proud of the group."

Farrell's eyes lit up when he was asked to talk through the winning try from Porter.

The loosehead prop barged his way over the line from a five-metre tap-penalty, with some smoke and mirrors creating the gap for him to run through, following a neat