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Aussie Sevens announce Trans-Tasman series with New Zealand
The Aussies Sevens teams have announced that they will head to New Zealand for a three-day series against their Kiwi counterparts.
It will mark the first time in nearly 500 days that they will face another international opponent following the postponement of the World Rugby Sevens Series.
The games will be played between May 21-23 in Auckland, with two games per day in an Olympic format as they ramp up preparations for the Tokyo Games.
Rugby Australia’s Performance Manager Rugby Sevens, Scott Bowen said: “It’s great to have the opportunity to head across to New Zealand and play in some competitive matches.
Scott Bowen, representing Reynolds, said: “The defendant is a vulnerable individual who has suffered from life-threatening cancer. “He received a small inheritance. He was living a frugal lifestyle and was saving money for his teenage daughter. “The defendant was not leading a lavish or five-star lifestyle. “He now has no money left. He’s described as living a meagre lifestyle. He almost buried his head in the sand.” Judge Wayne Beard told Reynolds: “These offences are aggravated by the fact they took place over five years. “The public have been deprived of a sum of funds.” He added: “You are in poor physical health and your mental state is not the best.
The 28-year-old defendant, of Chaffinch Way, Duffryn, was jailed for 40 months in 2020. His sentencing hearing in the autumn heard how Dupon was released from prison last May after being jailed in 2019 for possession with intent to supply ecstasy. Mr Evans, prosecuting, said: “At 5am on October 5, the police executed a drugs warrant at the defendant’s address and he threw a bag out of the window.” Officers also found cash, an electric bike and a Voodoo bicycle worth around £5,000. The defendant admitted possession of amphetamine, cannabis and etizolam He also pleaded guilty to possession of criminal property. Scott Bowen, representing Dupon, told how his client fell back into old habits when he was unable to find a job following his release from custody.
Benefit cheat illegally claimed £39,000 and failed to declare savings for daughter
Paul Reynolds, 59, from Newport, illegally claimed employment support allowance and housing benefit for five years
Paul Reynolds now has no money left, a judge was told (Image: Getty Images/Science Photo Library)
A benefit fraudster claimed more than £39,000 illegally despite having savings of thousands of pounds which he set aside for his teenage daughter. Paul Reynolds, 59, of Newport, failed to declare savings of £30,000 to the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) and Newport council and illegally received employment support allowance (ESA) and housing benefit between 2013 and 2018.
When the benefit system changed in 2012 he was required to provide his circumstances but he told the authorities he did not have any bank accounts and only possessed a Post Office account which had a balance of nil. The defendant also denied having any savings exceeding the maximum amount of £5,500
Brothers caused riot at pub which left man with broken jaw
Liam Drew, 25, and his brother Christopher became involved in an affray outside the Six in Hand pub in Cwmbran after they were refused entry
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Two brothers caused a riot outside a pub which left a man with a broken jaw after they were refused entry to charge a phone.