Daryl Gurney makes disgusting admission after winning World Cup of Darts for Northern Ireland in dramatic finale
DARYL GURNEY made a gross revelation after winning the World Cup of Darts.
Northern Ireland
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, with Gurney and his team-mate Josh Rock delighted with the win.
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Daryl Gurney made a shock admission after the World Cup final
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Gurney and team-mate Josh Rock were in tears after their win
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Northern Ireland beat Wales 10-9 in a tense thriller
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The pair were put through the emotional wringer after missing five match
darts
.
The match against Wales went down to the final leg as Gerwyn Price and
Jonny
Clayton refused to accept defeat.
And Gurney, who missed four of those match darts before sealing the win by hitting double eight, revealed nerves almost got the better of him.
He told
Sky
Sports: 'Firstly congratulations to
Wales
. They showed their class. Jonny and Gezzy, absolute legends of the game.
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'Josh had the power-scoring and I just had to clean up the finishing.
'I hope I don't get a fine for this but every time I went for double five a wee bit of poo fell out!
'I was never going to miss double eight. I have never been so proud of this man and myself.'
Gurney and Rock
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They will collect an £80,000 jackpot and Rock felt the win was never in doubt.
He said: 'When we said we are paired together we'll win it. We didn't expect to do it, but we did it.
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'As a team we were fantastic. We fought hard all the way through.'
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