​Stoke forward Walters rescues point for Repulic of Ireland

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Stoke City attacker Jon Walters struck a late equaliser to ensure Ireland would not leave their World Cup qualifier with Austria empty handed.

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Austria opened the scoring after 31 minutes when Martin Hinteregger connected on Bayern Munich star David Alaba's corner.

And It looked like Martin O'Neill's side would suffer a rare home defeat until the Potters star popped up late to score.

After a long ball was heaved up the ground by West Ham keeper Darren Randolph, Walters beat out Austrian defender Alexsandar Dragovic to fire home a sublime volley.

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The goal marks Walters fifth in seven home qualifiers for the Republic.

Source: tribalfootball.com