Nathan Aspinall joked that teenage darts sensation Luke Littler is a ‘light-weight’ in relation to boozing with the seasoned tour professionals.
The 18-year-old has been catapulted into the largest title in darts after making the World Championship closing in 2024, earlier than successful the entire thing in 2025.
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‘The Nuke’ has captivated audiences together with his means to hit 180s at will, touchdown huge checkouts, and with the ability to produce his greatest when the stress is on.
He first got here to everybody’s consideration when he was simply 16 and was thrust into life as a touring professional alongside many veterans of the game.
There’s many nights spent away from residence in resorts throughout Europe and Aspinall gave talkSPORT an perception into how Littler has modified during the last 12 months.
“He is popping out of his shell a bit as properly now with the boys,” he instructed Hawksbee and Jacobs.
“He used to play his darts and return to his room and play on his PlayStation or no matter.
“He is now truly coming all the way down to the lodge bar and taking part in playing cards with us and stuff like that.
“He is undoubtedly grown up within the final 12 months. However I believe he is form of needed to actually due to every part that is been thrown at him.
“He’ll have a few [Strongbow] Darkish Fruits. He is a little bit of a light-weight, however he is solely 18. He’ll have like 4 pints and that is him carried out.”
Littlermania has boosted the recognition of darts all over the world and in flip has meant extra sponsorship alternatives and larger prize cash for all of the gamers.
The PDC introduced that the winner of the 2026 World Championship will take residence £1million.
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It is a 50 per cent improve from the £500,000 Littler took residence for successful the match in January.
And based on Aspinall, there was a buzz across the fellow gamers on the tour following the announcement.
He added: “It is wonderful. I believe it is devoted to all of the gamers which have labored onerous over the previous couple of years, placing on nice nights for all of the followers.
“Clearly Luke Littler has performed an enormous half in selling the sport to a bigger viewers which has purchased larger sponsors.
“All of the lads had been buzzing about it as we had been, as a result of we had a pay rise.
“It’s going to be wonderful to be the primary man to win that million pound prize cash.”
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