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It seems the travels during lockdown for UK government aide Cummings know no bounds. His trips from London to Durham and Barnard Castle have been well documented, a trip further afield has seemingly gone Down Under the radar.

Sydney Roosters made a winning start to their National Rugby League (NRL) title defence with a dominant 28-12 over neighbours and rivals South Sydney Rabbitohs on Friday in an empty stadium as per league rules during the Covid-19 pandemic.

Who else should turn up sitting in Parramatta's Bankwest Stadium with the Rooster faithful - none other than Cummings.

Right-hand man and senior advisor to UK Prime Minister Johnson, Cummings been panned in the press for reportedly flouting lockdown rules by taking two 260 each-way trips from London to Durham in the north of England to see his parents to supposedly arrange childcare for his young son when he and his wife were ill with symptoms of coronavirus.

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He received further intense scrutiny when it was revealed he had during one trip gnomon a day out to famous UK monument Barnard Castle 30 miles away and was the subject of ridicule for his hogwash explanation that the drive was to “test his eyesight” before the drive back to London.

Baying reporters have been camped outside Cummings’s London home since the scandal unfolded, but Australian rugby league fans have reacted in a typically more relaxed way to the situation, by taking advantage of the NRL’s ‘fan in the stand’ initiative.

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Supporters are invited to pay $22 to ‘take their seat’ during games behind closed doors by sending their picture into the club to be scanned onto a fan.