WATCH: Sport streaking of a different kind … at a snooker table!
English snooker legend Ronnie O'Sullivan proves a big sport as he saves the invading lady from a 'rugby tackle' from security.
Ronnie O’Sullivan. AFP PHOTO / DALE DE LA REY
Unpredictable English snooker great Ronnie O’Sullivan allowed a woman who evaded security to try and pot the black in his third round match at the English Open on Thursday.
The 41-year-old five-time world champion had compiled a match-winning break of 129 against Chinese opponent Zhang Yong before he handed the cue to the woman allowing her a chance at the black – she missed twice before being led from the arena.
Some woman crashing the O’Sullivan match at the English open 😆😆 Ronnie let her try pot the black @ronnieo147 #EnglishOpen pic.twitter.com/SQrCcCdEJf
— Reece (@Xhakasleftpeg) October 19, 2017
“I really wanted her to pot it,” O’Sullivan told broadcaster Eurosport.
“I didn’t know what to do at first and she just said: ‘I’m just having a jog, I’m just going for a jog.’
“And I was like: ‘Go on then, carry on then, there’s your jog, have a shot as well while you’re at it.’
“I thought when the [security] guys came out they were going to rugby tackle her, but I thought, ‘If you do that, you might kill her.’
“I saved her from getting a rugby tackle.”
