ronnie o'sullivan will tackle a crucible debutant in the first round of the betfred world championship which starts in sheffield on saturday five time winner o’sullivan will face manchester’s craig steadman, who at 32 is set for his bow at the sport’s most prestigious tournament steadman visited the theatre to watch his friend nick dyson play ken doherty in 2001, but said: ‘i told myself i’d never go again unless i was playing ronnie o'sullivan will play 32 year old debutant craig steadman in the first round of the world championship  defending champion mark selby will play norwegian kurt maflin at the crucible on saturday  mark selby v kurt maflin  stephen maguire v anthony mcgill  joe perry v zhang anda  shaun murphy v robin hull  barry hawkins v matthew selt  mark allen v ryan day  ali carter v alan mcmanus  neil robertson v jamie jones  ding junhui v mark davis  john higgins v robert milkins  marco fu v jimmy robertson  judd trump v stuart carrington  ricky walden v graeme dott  stuart bingham v robbie williams  mark williams v matthew stevens  ronnie o'sullivan v craig steadman  the tournament runs from april 18 to may 4 ‘as a snooker player it’s not nice to sit there watching when you could be playing 'you’ve got to earn a right to be there and i’ve done that now and it’s brilliant ‘when you get to the crucible, i’ve heard horror stories about walking down the stairs and your legs start crumbling 'i wouldn’t have minded getting there when i was 18, when i had a full head of hair and i was better looking’ defending champion mark selby will also tackle a debutant in norway’s kurt maflin maflin came through 10 9 in the final qualifying round against irish veteran fergal o’brien judd trump faces another tournament newcomer grimsby’s stuart carrington, a player he faced frequently in the junior ranks, will provide his first opponent the fourth crucible novice this year is scotland’s anthony mcgill, who plays fellow glaswegian stephen maguire the tournament runs from april 18 until may 4
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ronnie o'sullivan, a five time champion, draws craig steadman . the 32 year old steadman is playing in world championship for first time . defending champions mark selby will face norway's kurt maflin 