The dog ate my passport so I'm missing the Rugby World Cup final

Appearing on BBC's Reporting Scotland programme, Ashley recreated the infamous moment he destroyed the passport.

A rugby super fan will miss being at Saturday's World Cup final after her dad's dog ate part of her passport.

Ellis McLeod, 26, had spent more than £2,000 on the trip of a lifetime to Paris with her dad Kenny.

But a week before the big game she was shocked to find his cocker spaniel, Ashley, had chewed through the ID page of her passport.

With no time to get a replacement, the family will now have to settle for watching the game on TV at home.

Ellis, from Dundee, had been looking after Ashley while her dad travelled for work.

But while distracted by a work call of her own, she let the dog play unsupervised in the next room.

Ellis found it was too late to get a new passport

Speaking to BBC Radio's Good Morning Scotland programme, Ellis said: "I didn't really think anything of it.

"I actually completely forgot my passport was even out to be honest so I ended the call and I went through to the bedroom and found my destroyed passport lying on my bedroom carpet.

"I couldn't quite believe it at first and I thought it was quite funny so I facetimed my dad to show him what his naughty dog had been up to. It very quickly dawned on us that we were supposed to be flying to Paris in a week and it was a bit crazy from that point on."

With her passport in shreds and Storm Babet raging outdoors leaving them unable to travel to the passport office, the family realised their World Cup dream was over.

"I phoned the passport office and I explained what had happened," Ellis said. "We'd had Storm Babet and they said even if by some miracle you managed to get through to Glasgow with the flooding, a passport application takes seven to eight days from that point of the appointment.

"I asked about emergency same-day passports and they said they were only for compassionate or medical travel and - unfortunately - this doesn't fall under compassionate, even though it's very sad."

Saturday's game at Stade de France near Paris will see New Zealand face South Africa to decide who will be the first four-time champions.

Ellis McLeod and her dad Kenny are both keen rugby fans and often travel together to games

Ellis and her dad are both keen rugby fans and often travel together to games.

She said he had decided to sell the tickets and join her in watching it from their home in Dundee.

"And he owes me a new passport," she added.

Days later, Ellis unfortunately got to see the remains of her passport again while taking Ashley for a walk.

"On Saturday we were walking around the block and I saw my passport again - not in the same way I had seen it when it had gone in.

"I sent my dad a picture to cheer up his day just as Ashley had cheered mine up.

"It was not so great seeing it again there. Even if I could salvage it, I don't think I would want to."