Watching Ronnie O’Sullivan is a thing of beauty. We’ll miss him when he finally quits playing snooker – except if you’re the one he’s playing against him.O’Sullivan is a seven-time world snooker champion and widely considered the greatest everGettytalkSPORT host Goldstein has known O’Sullivan for years and is always left speechless by ‘The Rocket’talkSPORTO’Sullivan is tied with Stephen Hendry for the most world titles in the modern-era with seven each and could take that to eight when the 2025 World Championship begins.
talkSPORT Drive presenter Andy Goldstein has had the privilege of facing The Rocket in practice many times, having grown up with him, but admits he has never got one over on him.“I didn’t because we were playing off levels, so I couldn’t even get close to him,” Goldstein told talkSPORT.com.
“But I used to do all the snooker for Eurosport and the way that used to work...
we used to have the four home nations and then about two or three other events.“Let’s just say we did the English Open. I’m away in Milton Keynes – and you’re staying in the hotel and then back at the studio, you’ve got your own snooker table.
“So if I want to stand next to Jimmy White and Jimmy’s going to explain how someone played a certain shot there’s a table in front of you.“We had our own table and when you go to competitions, there aren’t a lot of tables for players to practice on.“So a few of the players who were either good friends wi.
