World snooker champion’s brother reveals they were chased out of Crucible by ‘group of lads threatening us’

WORLD SNOOKER champion Kyren Wilson's member revealed they were chased retired of Crucible by a threatening group.

Wilson was beaten by Ronnie O'Sullivan successful 2020 and member Taylor has opened up astir their daunting pre-match experience.

He told Talking Snooker: "There was a radical of lads threatening america successful the car park. A radical of 4 lads successful the car park.

"Because we utilized to parkland successful the NCP adjacent doorway to the Crucible. And determination were a radical of lads sending weird photos to Kyren connected Instagram of them holding bottles and worldly successful their car oregon whatever.

"And we walked down into the car parkland aft the archetypal league and they were conscionable waiting and it ended up being a spot of a car pursuit extracurricular of the arena.

"And we conscionable accidental determination and thought, 'What's going on?' About to play successful a satellite last disconnected the backmost of finishing your archetypal session.

"All you privation to bash is chill out, decompress and get acceptable to spell again.

"Last happening you privation to bash is getting started connected by a radical of lads successful the car parkland connected the mode home."

Wilson was beaten 18–8 successful the last that by O'Sullivan.

But helium got his hands connected the trophy this May with triumph over Jak Jones to besides scoop the £100,000 prize.

Now helium is eyeing the UK Championship, which gets under mode astatine the York Barbican connected Monday.

He said: "I consciousness similar I americium coming to the highest of my powers and starting to play immoderate of my champion snooker consistently.

"It is coming retired connected the lucifer table. It has been frustrating due to the fact that it has ever been determination successful practice.

"It is hard to transportation it implicit to the lucifer array sometimes due to the fact that it means truthful much, but I consciousness similar that is coming present and you are seeing the champion mentation of me.

"So evidently I privation to onslaught portion the robust is hot. I emotion going to tournaments and being introduced arsenic the reigning satellite champion.

"It is unthinkable and gives maine goosebumps down my back.

"There is decidedly a feel-good origin and I spell into my games with a batch much clout present and assurance astir maine and you bash make a small spot of a fearfulness origin astir yourself."