Ronnie O'Sullivan's coach Steve Feeney explains their reunion ahead of World Championship at Crucible

Ronnie O'Sullivan's coach Steve Feeney says the seven-time world champion's game was «not where he wanted it to be» before they reunited. O'Sullivan and Feeney first started working together in 2018 but drifted apart during the Covid-19 pandemic. The pair began working together again shortly before Christmas.

Ad Feeney says the world champion and world No. 1, who has won the Champion of Champions and Hong Kong Masters this season, has a real desire to win a record eighth world title but improvements need to be made to his game first. World ChampionshipRobertson hoping to learn from O'Sullivan as he pursues World Championship title5 HOURS AGO «I’ve seen him several times,» Feeney told the Metro.

«With Ronnie, we put a plan together when we first started and he’s now won two of the three World Championships he needs to break Stephen’s [Hendry] record, so to connect up again really just continues that process. »We worked together from 2018-20, then there was the break with Covid and everything. I’ve grown as a coach, there’s more that I know and can deliver and I think Ronnie’s enjoying that too.

«He’s enjoying being introduced to shots that even he wouldn’t have thought about before. We’ve got to continue pushing boundaries. For him to win an eighth we’ve got to continue to improve.

»Some people think he can just walk away with it, but you’ve only got to look at the tour this season, there are far more accurate players than there used to be. He’s got to go and perform. «In the last season he’s not had the results he would have liked, so I think this is timely, but there is a bit to do.