Rocket pegs back 'Shark boy'

Ronnie O’Sullivan put the bite on Stephen Maguire and did a favour for Jimmy White at the Embassy World Championship tonight.

Ronnie O’Sullivan put the bite on Stephen Maguire and did a favour for Jimmy White at the Embassy World Championship tonight.

The Rocket, pre-tournament favourite for the world crown, gained a 6-3 overnight lead on European Open champion Maguire, known on the snooker circuit as the ‘shark boy’ as he used to keep the fish as a hobby.

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