Ronnie O’Sullivan and John Higgins share fascinating snooker insight | Eurosport Snooker

Watch an exclusive interview at the Eurosport studio with two snooker legends - Ronnie O'Sullivan and John Higgins.
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[@JayChambers83]

These two are a different level. Their longevity is almost unreal. All this time and they’re still at the top.

[@michaelleigh2076]

Johns defo dropped more than ronnie, but only because ronnie isnt a mere mortal

[@JayChambers83]

@michaelleigh2076 no he’s no mere mortal haha!

[@phild6485]

So much mutual respect between these 2 snooker greats. They are more or less equal head to head 2 masters of the game! Hopefully we will see them for another decade 🙏 🙌 😌

[@yessanknow302]

Higgins is a cheat.

[@hupekyser]

Nice that Ronnie isn't calling the young players numpties anymore 🤣

[@dondamon4669]

They are though

[@joaosas]

He called their families numpties

[@andrewmartin2103]

He was after a challenge. That why he said it.

[@foadiron]

@David Smith Luckily then that he has also beaten most of the best players in history, at the top of their game, and when there were more of them, more pressure, and he was older.

[@underneonloneliness2]

They’re boring robotic numpties with no personality. Personality is being lost in the current generation. You see it down the pub nobody wants to talk anymore.

[@Ziggyziggy1]

I had the chance to be playing snooker in the next snooker table where John Higgins was practicing in Edinburgh, What a gentleman he was

[@Pobsta-de7hb]

At least he cannot purposely lose when it is only him practising

[@colincurrie2590]

Did he practice at the locarno in slateford road?

[@nabeelawan9428]

always lovely to see how much respect Ronnie always shows towards his favioret player John, respect to both Legends. super Class of 92

[@kennywilkinson913]

What a year for British sport.

[@wierdalien1]

And Mark Williams

[@Shorifdev]

Two LEGENDS of the game ❤

[@saynomoredontask6077]

Lmao yup but snooker doesn't pay much

[@logitech2010100]

@@saynomoredontask6077 If you are the top like Higgins you can earn many millions over your career.

[@hotbot4219]

@@saynomoredontask6077 does at top

[@rikgay857]

Pure class…I went off John Higgins after the scandal he was involved in years ago. However everyone deserves a second chance and he is a true gentleman,we met him briefly in Belfast and he was total class. Best wishes John👍👍👍

[@barry5138]

Higgins is a legend.

[@_witsd]

Everything I've seen about that event suggests that he just got swept along with the situation, and didn't really have much to do with it. He certainly never actually threw a game, so he gets the benefit of the doubt from me.

[@hatesitrick]

@Daniel Billington u gd Daniel m8

[@hatesitrick]

@Daniel Billington I’m f*ckin suicidal af - that’s how I am buddy

[@jimboslice314]

@@hatesitrick fuk sake dude..sounds like a silly clichè but it honestly will get better man you just have to stick around long enough for it start getting better, dont do anything permanent..hit me up you ever want to chat 🙏

[@piripihiku7506]

Great hearing these insights...Classic!!!

[@michaelhocking9037]

Two legends long may they still play.

[@charlo_]

@Daniel Billington ye that would be quite awful

[@ulicrammond1756]

One legend, one match fixer, I wonder how the other players feel about Higgins being allowed to play after the scandal? others were not so lucky.

[@ulicrammond1756]

@Daniel Billington Nonsense, Higgins admitted it and he was caught on camera. Facts are facts.

[@ulicrammond1756]

@Daniel Billington I'm not denying his ability, he needs to just play and if he's losing, do it like a man.

[@swaglad9728]

​@ulicrammond175 higgins never match fixed though He never went through with

[@johnfisher4872]

A pleasure listening to these two greats.

[@SickHumanity666]

Two Legends! Love both!

[@bobl3315]

@ LEW115 Speak your mind, son.

[@PNorm]

@Dr Phillip Montgomery jeez, why the hate man ?

[@bsg75husker]

man i love this sport and its players/ legends/..

[@predawnbobcat]

I can see why Ronnie is into buddhist philosophy, it comes across so much in his personality. Respecting players of all ages and not being too arrogant to think he can't learn from someone younger than him. What a player.

[@TJ-ss1up]

Those young numpties you mean?

[@Sanjoli3232]

I like the both. 2 legands in the world snooker. Have respect for you!

[@masterxyr]

what a lovely chat all around. there's a bit of snooker history besides many championships and tonnes and so on between those two!

[@kandkcattlecompany8917]

best interview ever thanks Mates

[@95harshjoshi]

Legends of the game 🙌❤️

[@lonemountain3049]

2 legends of sport

[@dash1141]

@1:17 John groaning as he sits down, even gods get old ❤️

[@kingchuckfinley]

After the world championships this is even more enjoyable to watch. Ronnie’s the goat, Higgins had a great run, but he ran into a buzzsaw in ronnie. Love this game.

[@mmaphilosophy]

Legends

[@TS-ex4ql]

30 years ago, the early 90s, great snooker memories! Remember the ‘EMBASSY’ graphic on the old tube TV? How about Hendy’s mullet hair do?

[@luisalmora5896]

Espero con ansias la gran final del mundial de snooker 2022 entre estas dos leyendas y grandes amigos desde niños!!!

[@KillianDefaoite]

These two lads have grown very wise. Legends

[@logitech2010100]

John knows all sorts of ways to swallow 250k

[@Oooo-bi7bi]

I like listening to Ronnie and John.

[@mojoriley4712]

Funny seeing Ronnie in his casual wear cause when he he's in his full snooker regalia it still feels like he's chilled and laid back for the most part, mark of the man i guess.

[@logitech2010100]

What you on about.

[@joeydunlop7613]

Two humble greats.

[@MathewParker-by4nx]

Higgins humble? 😂 was he humble when he was trying to take money for fixing the game?

[@blackporscheroadster6415]

Two of the greatest ever. Pure class, both of them.

[@stugtodd2778]

Two of amongst the greatest ever. Hendry is the greatest ever. Being the dominant force through the 90's and with less ranking tournaments available. He had all the guys to contend with including these two 🙂

[@blackporscheroadster6415]

@@stugtodd2778 Both Higgins and Ronnie have had more longevity than Hendry. A sign of more innate class.

[@stugtodd2778]

@@blackporscheroadster6415 😂 Hendry has basically been retired for ten years. Also I don't recall Higgins or O Sullivan ever develop yips - which literally psychologicaly destroys a player's confidence in every which way possible - because your body won't do what your brain wants you to do - and vice-versa. It happens to golfers too. The reality is, it's utterly remarkable how long he stayed in the top 16 like that.

[@TheSkywalkerTB]

@@stugtodd2778 Dude, Hendry himself said Ronnie is the GOAT. I know it's hard to accept for you fans, but those are just facts. Hendry only has more WSC titles (currently) and that's about it. All the other stats are in Ronnie's favor. But he's definitely no.2, I'll give him that.

[@kurt7842]

@@TheSkywalkerTB the real question is if he didn't get the yips how many more titles would he have gotten

[@reds005]

Eurosport do snooker so well. Great coverage, commentary and set up.

[@FanVarious]

I agree, miles better than the BBC

[@steveymcneckbeard]

@@FanVarious nah

[@wakstar1]

I was at the crucible semi final this year. What an atmosphere that was.

[@seaniek9175]

Ronnie goes on about being the old man of snooker but he dosn look it or play like it. He's still the most exciting player on the tour.

[@alexndr27]

Dunno theres a big argument for trump

[@williamstdog9]

YYYEEEESSSSSS!!!!! 💪💪💪

[@ulicrammond1756]

He is relying on mind games more and more these days.

[@kingchuckfinley]

@@alexndr27 there certainly is next year….

[@markhammond150]

Potting them off the lampshades 😂😂😂👏🏻

[@JohnJaySnookerChannel]

Ronnie and John! Imagine these lads as a doubles pairing

[@crypton4903]

Charming lads.

[@jordanwillrog]

3 lovely people right there

[@JamesBarraletMusic]

Ronnie, having followed his own path, is emerging as a man of compassionate wisdom. :)

[@renerpho]

He was a fascinating player as a young man, but I was always worried that he'd get himself into trouble. If you had shown me this interview 15 years ago, I wouldn't have believed it. I'd have thought it more likely that he'd follow his father into prison by now.

[@jimboslice375]

Tell this referee that 😂😂😂

[@mabbrey]

great chat

[@redrob6026]

Just realised I've never heard John Higgins talk until now

[@waqasgamingzone6695]

Titans of Snooker 😍😘😍😀

[@amydodd83]

I ❤ Ronnie O'Sullivan

[@FanVarious]

Very interesting thoughts by Ronnie.

[@outsidethepyramid]

John Higgins is a great guy and a great player.

[@danielosullivan7940]

Not to mention an even better cheat 🙄

[@J88HNT]

Corrupt to the core.

[@gav25x]

And you two muppets are angels 🤣

[@jamiebury1807]

the funny thing is if you listen to these guys, some of the things they say you can apply not only to snooker but to life . to the young guys listen to these men !!!

[@TheMan4allseasons]

Legends... great stuff... you'll not see their like again. You'll see.

[@bobboyer9440]

The scary thing is that there are 20 Chinese players in their early 20's to one British player. They will soon dominate the sport. I am Canadian and I watched several great Canadian players in the 70's and 80's play in England. Today there are none. A few years ago, 2019, in the Canadian snooker championship the winner was Bob Chaperon. He was 63 years old. He played in England in the 70's. I don't ever expect that Ronnie or John will be winning any titles in their 60's.

[@ANSON66666]

Master q hold that event?

[@LAKELAND3330]

Who is the 1 british player Bob ???

[@Darth_Sai]

I don't know for sure, Ronnie might😂

[@stanleyharrison7031]

there are a lot of chinese players but most of them are shit. and chaperon was more a 90s players. snooker declined in canada for various reasons that aren't so applicable to the UK, lots of people still play, there'll still be a few good uns coming through from time to time

[@blackporscheroadster6415]

Kirk Werbeniuk, Cliff Stevens and Bill Thorburn.

[@Saf_R]

These 2 should go down in history as the best ever with the opposite polarising styles

[@liam1305]

Sullivan with the Airmax 90’s, looking sharp

[@ronnieboast636]

They are both 2 of the greats of the game...endurance, will power and such skill after so so many years.

[@jacksonmiked]

John’s looking much younger. Sharper haircut and lost weight. I’m sure that’s contributed to his extra consistency.

[@renerpho]

I don't know if he looks younger (that's subjective I presume), but the lost weight certainly helped. I enjoy watching them play against each other now, at the semi-finals.

[@raskolnjikov1]

That accent tho, barely understood a word Higgins said xD. Legends

[@renerpho]

Ronnie had trouble understanding it!

[@a.tanner8524]

I’m English and I had no problem understanding him.

[@ExtremePainGames]

An awesome example that Ronnie has been busy on the upper chest strength. 0:41 the man's chest is bulging through the shirt. Good to see. John also lost the weight through pandemic. Its very cool to see a couple soon to be lost treasures to retirement are bringing out the very best of their health in the latter part of both their careers.

[@omarismith3655]

Chest bulging through out his chest? What are you talking about. He looks normal lol

[@LCOF]

The best thing British snooker can do is break the association of pubs/bars with the sport of snooker. It’s an unhealthy relationship and the total opposite of what is needed to succeed now. It also fosters bad habits like drinking and smoking while playing, which can be alienating to a lot of young people interested in the game. Look at the absolute state of some of these players, it’s shocking. I guess the answer is more academies around the country. Treat the game like a racquet sport.

[@MrGloryglorymanutd18]

I feel Ronnie will equal hendry with a 7th world title this year.I

[@martingonzalez2850]

He's in the final against Trump. He beat Higgins in the semi-final.

[@djtaylormade1195]

Your feelings were correct about Ronnie 🙂

[@user-ri4dt2zq9q]

Два любимых игрока , всегда люблю смотреть за их игрой. 👍👏👏💯🤗

[@elenaelena1701]

☀🖐💞🌹❤🤗

[@MrGloryglorymanutd18]

As an Irish man, I rate these two in the top 3 players in history with Ronnie in First and John in joint second.

[@danielmills4898]

Who's the other in second?

[@goodiesify]

Stephen hendry for me

[@danielmills4898]

@@goodiesify yep agreed

[@MrGloryglorymanutd18]

@@danielmills4898 Hendry

[@michaelmulhall5007]

Hendry is best off all time. The all played at the best open frames long format he eats them all alive I include Ronnie and Hohn in this

[@charlesscottkelly]

Hardly any clubs in UK now.

[@castleanthrax1833]

I've never heard JH talk before. I don't know why, but I didn't expect to hear a Billy Connolly like voice (even though I knew he was Scottish).

[@jamboz]

Love Ronnie's top in this clip, anyone know what make it is?

[@terrydowning1125]

Primarni

[@Apple.Help.Center]

John Higgins real gentleman

[@craigdewhust4729]

Now playing each other in world semis and the other class 92 member in the other, semi,wow

[@renerpho]

Judd is destroying Mark though.

[@popandu1170]

Made me laugh this did. John just can't help cracking up at Ronnie. You just never know where he's going to go.... ; )

[@malikmalik-ny7tv]

When you see that a player like Thepchaiya un-nooh lost his main tour card that say enough about tge standard of snooker this days

[@user-el7ys6tx1h]

F1 is poor player.

[@AngrierGorilla]

when did Un-Nooh lose his tour card?

[@py2007]

Listening to Ronnie you would think they were both in their eighties reminiscing in a nursing home.

[@therealthreadkilla]

If you think about it, Ronnie has been playing professional snooker for 30 years which means he's probably been playing for 40 years so in that sense they are old timers. I wonder how many miles of felt their balls have rolled.

[@py2007]

@@therealthreadkilla I had to read that last line a few times...

[@jamesadcock5235]

@@therealthreadkilla that's given me an idea

[@therealthreadkilla]

@@jamesadcock5235 I did a quick calculation assuming every shot was 6 feet. (an arguable assumption I realize) and I looked up that it takes 36 shots for a 147. 14 games a day 300 days a year. ALL assumptions but I had to start somewhere AND these guys are pros so they must be shooting a lot of snooker. We are talking 1,000's of miles of ball roll in a 40 year timespan of playing snooker.

[@jamesbutler6253]

"pottin' 'em off de lampshades" 😂

[@user-dq6se6er8j]

De lampshades? He isn’t Jamaican

[@robday2007]

Keep ROS as a pundit at all costs.

[@haramelahi8703]

can anybody tell me where i can get the t shirt ronnie is wearing

[@user-el7ys6tx1h]

That is Manchester.

[@flucazade]

He’s probably got it in his wardrobe, nip round when you know he’s away playing snooker. I jest of course.

[@soniaellis163]

Pwew ime exsausted listing to ronnies enthusiasm, ime going for a lie down .

[@mmaphilosophy]

O'Gs

[@mrt227zxr]

Woha

[@gar8860]

Ronnie wearing the Batman airmax 90s….I have them upstairs,still in the box. 🦇

[@hasantariq4460]

it is easy to remember john higgins but I have to remember jimmy white

[@smwg4187]

7:36 smash so hard man

[@jimmybenyoucef4416]

6:42 Ronnie 😅😂🤣

[@aethelstanabromowicz1981]

The GOAT with Ronnie

[@ThomasJeppesen]

"ye just don know, don't you not" :P

[@MohammedAli-1]

😂😂😂

[@YourMumsSmellyVag]

Anybody knows what trainers Ronnie has on?

[@sammywhitaker4644]

A pair of nike's

[@YourMumsSmellyVag]

@@sammywhitaker4644 Thanks, which ones…

[@sammywhitaker4644]

@@YourMumsSmellyVag not a clue 👍

[@tonytricks]

Nike,airmax 90's

[@TheSateef]

i need subtitles for John Higgins

[@dozzio]

Broaden your horizons then

[@gerryogilvie9294]

I was just waiting for John or Ronnie to give a final comment when the presenter said 'I think we all need to go to bed' .....I bet they wanted to say something.

[@renerpho]

They have very strict rules about nighttime peace at the nursing home. She played her role well.

[@deadpool-wp1eq]

Whos the host

[@Bloxdio_God]

Where's Colin Murray?

[@malikmalik-ny7tv]

Snooker is about discipline and having a good temprament and the Asian guys are very good in that

[@renerpho]

Some are. The two most successful ones (historically), Ding Junhui and Liang Wenbo, seem to have problems with that though. (In very different ways; of course Liang's ban is much worse than Ding's decline, which is hardly his fault).

[@user-eg8ou4oi8l]

I feel like Ronnie and John are the same person.

[@jamesdavies5266]

10:03 cool😛

[@aldo874]

“I love playing with the young boys” “in my day bla bla” you’d think they were both 80 odds chewing a rich tea having a blether about the old days lol

[@aldo874]

@Laila Rouass haha in a way

[@aldo874]

@Laila Rouass lol who’s a nonce? Ron?

[@tonytricks]

Who's the interviewer?

[@mind5403]

Her in the pink outfit.

[@MrKyly]

just watching to these to prepare myself for WHAT IS COMING :))

[@stedros]

When you get into 40s you will often just talk about 10-30 yrs ago. I’m doing that with the young gym guys nowadays.

[@timothywall6477]

Pure class from ronnie in decider against mark Williams. 2022 players championship. Never ceases to amaze me, i was good myself, I knw my snooker. But ronnie is a one off. U won't talent like that for a long time if ever. When he retires I won't watch it anymore.

[@TJ-ss1up]

What was your world ranking? To saay you were good but Ronnie is a one off you are putting yourself amongst the rest of the pros he's ahead of.

[@aaaaaaaazzzzzzzz5]

2:13 Ronnie’s face trying to understand Scottish 😂 I speak good English but John is just tough to understand 😅

[@lingolarker9318]

John’s accent is priceless. Always great to see Ronster and the 🧙🏻‍♀️ of Wishaw together. Two of the handful of All time greats.

[@gav25x]

He doesn't really care, he could slow it down and speak properly if he wanted to😆

[@amac1657]

He wasn’t speaking Scottish he was speaking English.

[@iMertin90]

He was speaking speak to me as a Scot. No slang or such as it would be called What don’t you hear? He said get back on the horse

[@ParvezTaslimOfficial]

Who is the Host ?

[@stevenasiimwe8243]

Rachel Casey

[@luckystrke]

I wish I understood what J Higgins said.. 😔

[@dozzio]

Broaden your horizons then

[@MrGloryglorymanutd18]

Higgins may have been playing very well but I think he's lost Abit of the amazing bottle he had throughout his career and O'Sullivan seems to have got stronger bottle over the last 10 years.ever since Ronnie Snr got out of prison it seemed to give Ronnie O'Sullivan a new lease in like and on a Snooker table and he's dad's the real reason he's got a hand on every record in the game it seems.

[@trdi]

John, which one are you going to lose, let us know so that we can all make a couple of quids.

[@pure_awareness]

When Higgins is On It he will destroy anyone

[@jackbiscuit5170]

The hostess saying " well, we all have to go to bed " at the end there... she didn't mean her , Ronnie & John? I mean... all together like?? 🤪

[@LCOF]

Nice of her to offer

[@pezhvaksutedelan2760]

What a handsome TV show host .what is her name???

[@jayal6698]

Who is she? Why is she presenting the snooker

[@waynemullen1285]

Do me a favour put them on de table Steve davis done de 1st 147 in de lada classic on tables now are different speed standard alot more loved snooker back then look at de prize money

[@wayne.1]

There is no setups for young people, I’m near London and the only place to go is the old pub club nothing serious there especially at 10-12£ a hour. the government and organisers just aren’t doing anything. That’s why snooker has fell so far behind compared to other sports…

[@npc3po301]

Countrywide it's the same story, you almost have to feel for visitors from abroad who come here for various facets of an England we're falling over each other to get rid of

[@MrJonojono34]

i think the Chinese boys will be running the show after these two retire so much young talent coming through its inevitable really