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Snooker news - ‘Aussie Ronnie is here to stay!’ – O’Sullivan reveals reason behind accent

ByLe Buzz

Updated 11/03/2019 at 07:54 GMT

He’s just scored 1,000 professional centuries and won the Players Championship with a 10-4 victory over Neil Robertson.

Ronnie O'Sullivan (R) of England and Neil Robertson of Australia react during the final match on day seven of the 2019 Coral Players Championship at Preston Guild Hall on March 10, 2019 in Preston, England.

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So Ronnie O’Sullivan can celebrate how he wants.
And if that includes doing an Australian accent, well, so be it.
The 43-year-old continued to use the mock twang - that is, perhaps best described as 'loosely' Australian - which he has picked up over the past few weeks, in his post-match interviews.
And he explained why he has been doing it, saying: “Aussie Ronnie is here to stay, mate! He ain’t going nowhere – he’s here for good!"
When asked if it was something to do with going in the jungle for I’m a Celebrity Get Me Out of Here, he added: “No mate, it’s all to do with Netflix… there’s a lot of Aussie shows on there and I’ve just been watching so many of them that I’ve just bloody become one of them, you know!”
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