Hello and welcome to our LIVE coverage of Poland versus the Republic of Ireland – the crunch Pool D decider in European Championship qualifying. We’ll have all the build-up over the next hour, followed by full text commentary.

Poland enjoyed a tense Thursday evening of their own. Trailing 2-1 to Scotland, it took a second Robert Lewandowski goal to rescue a point in stoppage time and leave theme in pole position (sorry about the pun) to qualify automatically along with Germany from Group D.

The Republic’s win over Germany on Thursday evening is already being counted as one of the great nights of Irish football. Beating the World Champions is always something to celebrate. But doing so in a game that was crucial to Ireland’s qualification chances and with a squad that is a long way from the country’s vintage – now that is something that legends will be made of.