An air ambulance was called to a Suffolk town's rugby pitch after a boy was injured. 

Emergency services were called to Southwold Rugby Club at The Common in Southwold at around 11am on Sunday to reports a boy had been injured.

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One ambulance and the East Anglian Air Ambulance were sent to the scene. 

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On arrival, paramedics found that the boy had sustained a serious lower limb injury.

The boy was taken to James Paget Hospital, Gorleston, by road.