Inside O’Sullivan’s ‘incredible story’ as new doc shows Crucible win

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Snooker legend Ronnie O’Sullivan viewed a preview of his own fly-on-the-wall documentary this week after cameras followed his stunning World Snooker Championship victory last year. The Rocket believes that divine intervention played a part in his seventh triumph, which saw him pull level with Stephen Hendry on the all-time list.

Producers of the documentary entitled RONNIE, which is due to be released this summer, claim that it will tell an ‘incredible story’. The 47-year-old won yet another world title in 2022, hitting dominant form just in time to be captured by the film crew.

The documentary will also shed light on O’Sullivan’s life off the baize, with his fiancee Laila Rouass set to feature. Before viewing an unfinished preview earlier this week, the Englishman talked up the unlikely nature of his story.

“Those snooker gods, their timing is unbelievable — seriously, I believe in them,” he told The Sun. “Last year I hit fire at the right time and the crew were here. The stars were written for me. They have been ever since I was a kid, regarding this game.

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“Who could have written that? A film crew following you around for a season and you win a seventh world championship at 46? I’m going to watch it on Monday for the first time. We have got it down to two hours now and it needs to be an hour and 45 minutes apparently.

“It’s the first time they have let me see it — I hope I don’t hate it! But I know they have done a great job on it — the people involved are proper people. So, they can make anyone look good.

“It has changed from what they thought it was going to be. But that’s always the case when you do a documentary. It’ll be in some ways the definitive film of my life. Everyone has always been intrigued by me.”

All eyes are back on O’Sullivan as he goes for world title number eight this year. He ground out a scruffy 10-7 win over Pang Junxu at the weekend but claims that a virus played a part, while an upcoming grudge match against Hossein Vafaei should bring the best out of the Rocket, who has responded to fighting talk from the Iranian over the past few days.

“Has he been saying much about me this year? I think he’s learned to be quiet,” he said. “Don’t rattle my cage. I love it when they call me out, I love it when they give me stick. I just love it.

“It turns me on. I get off on it. I need something to find so I’m hoping someone says something and hopefully I get better so I can have a reason to perform.”

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