"Eight people at a time work in relays to carry the stretcher down the mountain with pathfinders checking the route, " said Mr Jones.

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The game suffered its second sending off deep into stoppage time when Hulbert's elbow led to Griffin being taken off on a stretcher.

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Scotland's Max Evans, whose brother Thom suffered a career-ending broken neck against Wales last season, left the field on the stretcher and that seemed to encourage referee Dave Pearson to blow his whistle even though there was still time remaining on the clock.

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