CHRIS HEWETT
THINKING ALLOWED

According to an article on the American website “Psychology Today”, there is scientific evidence to suggest that dogs not only look like their owners, but also share many of their personality traits.
Rugby folk old enough to remember the French pack of the 1970s will therefore be grateful that they never encountered a hound belonging to Gerard Cholley or Michel Palmie, those XL Bullies in human form.
As far as your columnist is aware – a low bar, admittedly, but let’s not make an issue of it – there has been no formal research into any similar relationship...