Troy Parrott scored twice but the Republic of Ireland were forced to settle for a 2-2 draw after Austria came back in the second half of their Nations League encounter at the Aviva Stadium in Dublin.\n\nThe contest was twice interrupted in the opening 45 minutes, first due to what campaign group Stop the Game later referred to in a statement as a "limited tennis ball protest", when tennis balls wrapped in stickers featuring the Palestinian flag and the text '#Stop The Game' were launched onto the pitch. The match paused a second time when an invader carrying what appeared to be a Palestine flag entered the pitch and was promptly tackled and carried off by security.\n\nBefore the protests, Troy Parrott scored a sensational 12th-minute opener, and then added a penalty on the stroke of half-time. A pair of substitutes proved Ireland's undoing after Alexander Prass halved the deficit in the 71st minute and Michael Gregoritsch drew the sides level six minutes later.\n\nHeimir Hallgrimsson's men had a chance to top Group B3 with a victory, but they sit third behind Austria and Kosovo at the halfway point of the group stage.
Ireland are due to face Israel again on Sunday.
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