Perusing this intriguing image, Obiter is reminded of the old saying that dog owners often look like their pets. Is there something similar in the facial expression of these two?

The pic of rugby star Lawrence Dallaglio was taken at a modern art exhibition organised by Jane Northway, partner at B P Collins, in aid of the Dallaglio Foundation, which supports cancer charities.

Rugger and fine art are not what you would call natural bedfellows, but, it transpires, Dallagio does in fact hail from a somewhat artistic, nay exotic background; his mother-in-law was a muse of Picasso. The opening night saw sales of paintings raise well over £25,000, with one anonymous donor splashing out £1,000 for a framed Wasps shirt signed by the team.