England are intent on ending their four-year “damage” towards Scotland when the outdated rivals meet within the Six Nations, says scrum-half Alex Mitchell.

Scotland have gained the final 4 Calcutta Cup matches and Mitchell says English motivation is excessive to disclaim Gregor Townsend’s aspect a report fifth consecutive victory.

England will welcome Scotland to the Allianz Stadium on 22 February in excessive spirits following their last-gasp win over France, which curtailed a run of seven defeats towards Tier One nations.

“We’re hurting for the final 4 years at not getting a end result [against Scotland],” Mitchell instructed BBC Sport.

“This Six Nations marketing campaign continues to be up for grabs so it is a large sport for us.

“We all know Scotland are a top quality opposition with some high quality people so we will not take them with no consideration.

“We all know we have now to simply put a efficiency on the market.”

Mitchell was influential in England’s late restoration towards Les Bleus, shifting the assault from a wearied rolling maul on the line-out to a buoyant midfield, the place Elliot Daly glided by way of the French defence to attain the successful attempt.

The Northampton Saints scrum-half, 27, says he seen a possibility amid the forwards arm-wrestle, which Daly exploited.

“The France defence was altering the entire time,” Mitchell added.

“They’d two defenders after which one as [Damian] Penaud was doing a very good job behind the maul overlaying each side.

“We seen a mismatch within the open so we shot that approach and scored. You have got a cut up second to attempt to make the best determination and fortunately we did.”