Gerwyn Price hits 147 snooker break to add to darts star's array of nine-darters

Darts prima and keen snooker subordinate Gerwyn Price has seemingly posted a 147 interruption having rubbished Shaun Murphy's assertion that helium has deed a nine-dart finish

Nine-darter instrumentality Gerwyn Price has shown his prowess connected the snooker array by appearing to station a 147 break.

The erstwhile PDC world champion Price has respective cleanable legs connected his CV, including hitting 2 successful 1 nighttime successful the Premier League successful 2022 and 1 astatine the World Matchplay aboriginal successful the aforesaid year. The Iceman is besides a useful snooker subordinate and has full-sized array astatine his location successful southbound Wales.

The Iceman plays regularly, revealing successful an interrogation earlier the 2025 World Championship that his highest interruption was 108. Speaking to The Guardian, helium joked: “I won’t bash a Shaun Murphy and prevarication astir having a 147!”

Murphy claims to person completed the unsocial hat-trick of a 147 break, a nine-darter and a hole-in-one successful golf – a boast doubted by galore darts and snooker followers. He erstwhile said: “I deliberation I’m successful a nine of 1 astatine the moment.”

Now, Price, 39, appears to person achieved snooker’s equivalent of a nine-darter and adjacent has footage to beryllium it, adjacent if helium suffered a method hitch. Earlier this month, the Welshman posted a clip to Instagram of him putting unneurotic the break. He captioned it: “When you marque your archetypal 147 interruption [shocked look emoji]. And my telephone dies.”

Price and Murphy are successful statement that a 147 interruption is tougher than a nine-darter. Price said backmost successful 2022: “I’d accidental a 147 is harder, due to the fact that I cognize however pugnacious snooker is.

“But past a snooker subordinate mightiness accidental a nine-darter is harder, but I’d decidedly accidental a 147 is harder than a nine-darter. But also, you tin fluke a 147, you tin fluke a shot and inactive beryllium connected it, I can’t fluke successful darts.”

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Murphy’s nine-dart assertion came nether caller scrutiny astatine the caller Paddy Power Perfect Challenge, wherever helium appeared alongside snooker rival Mark Williams and darts champions Luke Humphries and Michael van Gerwen. Murphy irked 2024 satellite champion Humphries with a remark arsenic the 147 interruption vs nine-dart statement rumbled connected during the event.

While helium impressively deed a maximum break, Murphy’s show connected the oche was, successful his words, “rubbish”. He confessed to Eurosport: "I haven't played darts for 15 years, tin I conscionable say, and past I was ambushed and asked to propulsion 3 darts successful beforehand of Michael van Gerwen, Luke Humphries, the world's property and media, Mark Williams. I was truthful nervous.

“Then I astir threw 1 and astir knocked the scorer out! That was a gag – helium [Humphries] didn't instrumentality it arsenic a gag and didn't spot the comic broadside of it. Where's everyone's consciousness of humour gone these days? Everyone seems to person gone precise serious."

Price and Murphy person been successful enactment successful their ain sports this week. Price reached the last of the Bahrain Darts Masters, losing to Stephen Bunting, portion Murphy has precocious to the past 4 of the Masters astatine Alexandra Palace, wherever helium faces Mark Allen connected Saturday.