For the first time ever, two men from the Republic of Ireland will clash at the World Darts Championship. It is an all-Munster affair too, with Limerick’s William O’Connor looking to get the better of rising Tipperary talent Dylan Slevin in Friday's evening session.
The two unseeded players will put their friendship aside in a bid to set up a meeting with Belgium's Dimitri Van Den Bergh. There is also a guaranteed £15,000 for reaching that stage, with round-one losers heading home with half of that figure.
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