Gerwyn Price reveals fractured hand and intention to play on regardless

Gerwyn Price has discovered that he has been playing with a fractured hand for some weeks, but intends to play on regardless of advice that it should be in plaster.

The Iceman missed out on Premier League Night 5 in Brighton on 10 March after he suffered a hand injury which he put down to an accident.

He missed that week in Brighton and the German Darts Championship, but has been back in action since, playing two more weeks of the Premier League and even winning a Players Championship event on 26 March in Niedernhausen.

However, he has clearly now been to see a doctor and has revealed on his Instagram Story that he has had a fractured hand the whole time.

The Welshman wrote: ‘So I’ve been playing with a fractured hand all along. And you need to have it in plaster for four weeks.

‘Sorry but I can’t do that, just put me in a splint please.’

The Iceman will wear the cast for three weeks but remove it to carry on playing, next in action in the Premier League on Thursday night in Birmingham when he plays Joe Cullen in the quarter-finals.

Price had a charity boxing match scheduled for April, which has been postponed till 13 May.

His Premier League form has been mixed since his injury, with an impressive victory over Michael van Gerwen in Nottingham, which was followed by semi-final defeat to Michael Smith. While last week in Rotterdam, Price fell at the first hurdle to Jonny Clayton.

The former world champion is fifth in the Premier League table, but can leapfrog Cullen who is currently fourth by beating him in Thursday’s quarter-final.

Van Gerwen sits top of the Premier League, three points clear of Peter Wright and five ahead of Clayton.

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