Pope’s book aimed at helping children control asthma

NORMALLY it’s Hookey doing the huffing and puffing but this time round fellow rugby pundit Brent Pope is the wheezing geezer in wolf’s clothing.

Having suffered from asthma as a child, the popular TV analyst and author of children’s books turned his attention to easing the anxiety of children at the mercy of unexpected rasps and gasps.

The outcome was a book entitled The Wheezing Wolf and The Three Little Pigs — an adaptation of a much-loved fairytale — launched yesterday.