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The way the world is, there’s not much in it on which we can rely, but the world darts championship remains one such thing, an unstoppable meld of drama, tension, humanity and joy. If you don’t love this, you don’t love anything.
And what a final it’s delivered for us here, a clash of popularity, personality and philosophy. Gerwyn Price is a reformed rugby player and the coming man – if he wins, he supplants Michael van Gerwen as world number 1 – and also the favourite, but only in betting parlance. A throbbing ball of animus and abs, he could start a fight in an empty head, hurls every dart like the board cussed his mum and antagonises the crowd like he’s cussing theirs. He’s absolutely brilliant and we’re extremely lucky to have him.
