Welshman Price – sporting an Ireland green shirt to help get the fans onside – had backed up his quarter-final win over Littler with another pristine display against Luke Humphries, the world No 1, coming from behind to win 6-3 and book his place in the final.
Gerwyn Price beat Nathan Aspinall 6-3 to win night three of the Premier League in Dublin, after earlier seeing off the world champion, Luke Littler.
The 18-year-old, though, could not produce the same comeback as he did in Scotland when 5-1 down against Rob Cross as ‘The Iceman’ Price, world champion in 2021, closed out a fifth straight win over Littler, who threw his darts to the floor in frustration when walking off the stage.
Welshman Price delighted the Dublin crowd as he landed five 180s with a match average of just over 102 to fend off any hopes of a comeback from Littler, who took last week’s overall nightly win.
Aspinall had battled his way to a 6-3 win over Michael van Gerwen in the semi-finals after earlier seeing off Rob Cross for a first match win in this year’s event.
