Republic of Ireland's World Cup play-off draw against Denmark is 'unbelievable', says Clinton Morrison

Republic of Ireland's World Cup play-off draw against Denmark is "the best possible" scenario, according to former striker Clinton Morrison.

Martin O'Neill's team will travel to Denmark for the first leg of their World Cup play-off on November 9-11 with the second leg set for Dublin a few days later.

And Morrison, who scored nine goals in 36 caps for the Republic of Ireland during his playing career, believes the draw is "unbelievable" for his country.

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"Speaking to a lot of ex-players and players still in the international squad and people back home, I'd think they'd be happy with this draw," he told Sky Sports News.

"They're probably the one team who we wanted and obviously to get it away in the first leg is an unbelievable draw for us.

"You want to go away. What you have to realise is Ireland are very good defensively, so we can shut up shop away and then Denmark come to the Aviva Stadium which will be a difficult game because we're very good at home.

"I think it's a great draw. It's the best draw we could possibly have. I'm buzzing."

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Middlesbrough and Republic of Ireland goalkeeper Darren Randolph also feels the draw is beneficial to the team, who lost only one of their 10 qualifiers in Group D.

The 30-year old played a leading role in securing his nation's place in the play-offs for Russia 2018 with victory against Wales on October 9, and was upbeat when Denmark were drawn as their opponents.

"I think everybody will be very happy with that draw," Randolph said.

"That was probably who I was looking out for. I'm happy with the draw. Let's hope it gets here quick and we do the job."