Austria hit back for late draw against Scotland as France thrash South Africa

Scotland let slip a 2-0 lead but extended their unbeaten run to eight games in a 2-2 draw with Austria in Vienna.

Steve Clarke’s side, still awaiting a date for their World Cup playoff against Ukraine, went ahead when Grant Hanley headed John McGinn’s corner against the crossbar before Jack Hendry nodded in the rebound.

Scotland doubled their lead early in the second half when McGinn met Kieran Tierney’s low cross from the left with a firm first-time shot beyond the goalkeeper Daniel Bachmann. Austria pulled a goal back 15 minutes from time through the substitute Michael Gregoritsch’s angled header, and were level seven minutes later when Alessandro Schöpf punished lax defending to fire into the corner from 18 yards.

McGinn told Sky Sports: “It keeps the momentum going. We wanted the win but we’ve kept the unbeaten run going. That’s unbeaten with six wins, so we can’t grumble with that.”

In Belfast Northern Ireland were beaten 1-0 by Hungary, whose winner came on 55 minutes when Roland Sallai intercepted Niall McGinn’s back pass and rounded Bailey Peacock-Farrell to score.

Elsewhere, the Netherlands and Germany drew 1-1 in Amsterdam. Thomas Müller’s well-struck goal just before half-time was cancelled out by Steven Bergwijn’s equaliser on 68 minutes. In Oslo, Joshua King scored a hat-trick and Erling Haaland scored twice as Norway thrashed Armenia 9-0.

France extended their winning run to seven matches as Kylian Mbappé scored twice and record-chasing Olivier Giroud also struck in a 5-0 victory against South Africa in a friendly in Lille.

The world champions, who have not lost since they were knocked out of the European Championship in the last 16 by Switzerland on penalties last year, were never troubled by a team they