RONNIE: I LET OFF ROCKET

O’Sullivan admits ‘dropping his guts’ during match at Northern Ireland Open.. and then blaming ref

- HECTOR NUNNS

RONNIE O’SULLIVAN shattered the silence in an empty Milton Keynes arena yesterday by very loudly breaking wind.

The Rocket trumped during his Northern Ireland Open third-round match with Wales’ Matthew Stevens.

Reigning and six-time world champion O’Sullivan, 44, was trailing 2-1 in frames and 8-0 in points when he got set to take on a red.

But then came the fart that left him, opponent Stevens and referee Ben Williams unable to stop grinning.

World No.2 O’Sullivan looked up at Stevens and said “terrible guts” – but then cheekily tried to blame the official by asking “was that you?”.

Williams had immediately taken a large step to his left after the incident away from O’Sullivan – who went on to triumph 4-2.