Mudgee

The quick thinking of a team of rugby union players saved the life of an elderly woman who spent a night trapped outdoors with a broken shoulder on her ...

"We warmed her up and packed her with blankets and all the boys jackets... We checked her out and one of them got on the phone to the ambulance. "Considering they're the under 18s boys - none of them have had a lot of life experience amongst them. "We did everything we could to make her as comfortable as possible. You're down low and grass is half a metre high, in a car you wouldn't really see it," David said. She said she had to stay awake so she wouldn't die. That something was Gillian Ryan who was weakly waving a handkerchief in the air in a desperate attempt to flag down a passer-by. It's weird but it was an experience," he said. Shivering and covered in frost, Gillian was sitting in water with just a cushion to comfort her. Gillian also happened to be turning 74 the day she was found. So they went and got her attention." We opened the bus door and you could hear this little voice going 'help, help,' she said.