I came through darts ranks with Luke Littler, I’m 100 per cent sure me and him will dominate the sport for decades
I came through darts ranks with Luke Littler, I’m 100 per cent sure me and him will dominate the sport for decades
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JOSH ROCK is backing himself and rival Luke Littler to dominate darts for DECADES to come. The 23-year-old regularly faced off against The Nuke as the pair rose up through the ranks together. Rock, current World No. 16, has bagged four PDC ranking titles in his career so far.
![[Josh Rock of Northern Ireland celebrates a darts win.]](https://www.thesun.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/josh-rock-northern-ireland-celebrates-965803170.jpg?strip=all&w=960)
The Northern Irishman had been tipped for big things after winning the World Youth Darts Championship in 2022. But has has yet to make it past the quarter-final stage of a major TV event. Rock watched on as Littler - then aged just 16 - stunned the world by reaching the 2024 PDC World Championship final.
![[Luke Littler celebrating a darts win.]](https://www.thesun.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/luke-littler-england-celebrates-winning-966631106_ada27e.jpg?strip=all&w=960)
Littler returned a year later to beat Michael van Gerwen at Ally Pally and become the youngest-ever world champion. And Rocky believes Littler's rise proves there has been a changing of the guard. He told the BBC: "It is fantastic for the sport. "Luke winning the Worlds at such a young age shows it is a young man's sport now.".
Rock won the Dutch Darts Championship last year and progressed past the second round of the World Championships for a third consecutive year. BEST FREE BET SIGN UP OFFERS FOR UK BOOKMAKERS. And he believes his game is in good shape ahead of a packed schedule ahead.
He continued: "I had a solid 2024 but honestly I think 2025 is going to be my year.". "My game is there to challenge, it always has been, it just has to come out when it needs to. "I 100 per cent believe it. There is six years between me and Luke. "We can have a very long career, and I believe that me and him will dominate the sport.".
