LIVE Rocket fuel to reach eight will only last so long CAZOO

STEVE DAVIS reckons Ronnie O'Sullivan needs to win a record eighth World Championship before time catches up with him.

- NEIL GOULDING

The six-time world champion knows exactly what it's like to decline as age takes a toll on you.

Davis ruled the baize in the 80s but won his last Crucible crown aged 31 before Stephen Hendry took the mantle and dominated the sport for the next decade.

But even Scottish legend, a seven-time winner, was 30 when he last scaled the Sheffield mountain.

The evergreen Rocket, 48, has stretched the barrier of what is possible in the sport with his longevity. 

Mercurial O'Sullivan, whose quest for glory was ended with a shock quarter-final defeat to Stuart Bingham, is the oldest winner of all three of the game's Triple Crown majors.

And Davis, now 66, said: "He's got a great chance for the next couple of years.