Quinten Hann, the brash Australian snooker player appears to be trying to change his image - at last. Hann, (right) who was hobbling around the table in his socks this week at the UK Championship because of a broken ankle following a parachute jump, is the bottle blond of the green baize.

Missing most of last season following a serious motor bike crash Hann also has a history of throwing matches. The last time he met Ronnie O'Sullivan he kept smashing the balls at every opportunity as though breaking off at pool. Naturally he didn't win. "I lost my head," he said. Now, despite losing to Ronnie O'Sullivan in the semi-final, he seems to have found it again.