PETER WRIGHT is motivated to bash up the 2 oche Lukes and present that darts is A Nation for Previous Males.

Snakebite, 54, has been throwing darts for 3 a long time however says his starvation has been ramped up by the current emergence of Luke Littler and Luke Humphries.

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Teen sensation Littler is 17 whereas Humphries is 29 however the Scotsman, who’s a grandfather, just isn’t prepared to surrender but – even when the beard is far greyer today.

Wright performs speedster Jermaine Wattimena in spherical three after Christmas.

And the two-time world champion mentioned: “Individuals suppose: ‘Oh, he ought to be retiring, he ought to be going to the outdated git’s factor.’ No, I’m not prepared for that but.

“I’m able to upset Luke Littler. I’m right here to upset Luke Humphries. I imagine I can win it.

“I received one of many European Excursions, beat Luke Littler within the closing, received six legs on the trot. You may overlook me for those who like, I don’t care.

“What drives me on? Luke Humphries and Luke Littler. As a result of I do know I can nonetheless compete with them.

“What I’m doing in follow, I can compete with these guys and be higher than them.

“I’m 54 coming as much as 55 in March subsequent 12 months and Gary (Anderson) spurs me on as effectively. These outdated guys can nonetheless do it.

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“I imagine I’ve obtained the sport. My follow and all the things is best than I used to be once I first got here and received it and instructed you all I used to be going to win it. That’s how I really feel.”

Wright – who dressed up as a purple santa for his 3-1 second-round wrestle over Wesley Plaisier – mentioned: “I’ve given out all my presents this 12 months.

“It’s unbelievable. All of the people who have crushed me, it’s solely all the way down to my very own self as a result of I performed garbage. However they’ve had their presents.

“They ain’t having no extra. You’ve gotten had them. No current this Christmas.”

Darts World Championship full draw

Second spherical draw (seeded vs first-round winner)

• Luke Humphries vs Thibault Tricole or Joe Comito

• Raymond van Barneveld vs Nick Kenny or Stowe Buntz

• James Wade vs Jermaine Wattimena or Stefan Bellmont

• Peter Wright vs Wesley Plaisier or Ryusei Azemoto

• Stephen Bunting vs Alan Soutar or Kai Gotthardt

• Dirk van Duijvenbode vs Madars Ramza or Christian Kist

• Damon Heta vs Connor Scutt or Ben Robb

• Mike De Decker vs Luke Woodhouse or Lourence Ilagan

• Luke Littler vs Ryan Meikle or Fallon Sherrock

• Ritchie Edhouse vs Ian White or Sandro Eric Sosing

• Danny Noppert vs Ryan Joyce or Darius Labanauskas

• Ryan Searle vs Mensur Suljovic or Matt Campbell

• Rob Cross vs Scott Williams or Niko Springer

• Gian van Veen vs Ricardo Pietreczko or Xiaochen Zong

• Nathan Aspinall vs Cameron Menzies or Leonard Gates

• Andrew Gilding vs Martin Lukeman or Nitin Kumar

• Michael Smith vs Kevin Doets or Noa-Lynn van Leuven

• Krzysztof Ratajski vs Richard Veenstra or Alexis Toylo

• Chris Dobey vs Stephen Burton or Alexander Merkx

• Josh Rock vs Karel Sedlacek or Rhys Griffin

• Jonny Clayton vs Mickey Mansell or Tomoya Goto

• Daryl Gurney vs Florian Hempel or Jeffrey de Zwaan

• Gerwyn Value vs Kim Huybrechts or Keane Barry

• Joe Cullen vs Wessel Nijman or Cameron Carolissen

• Michael van Gerwen vs James Hurrell or Jim Lengthy

• Brendan Dolan vs Chris Landman or Lok Yin Lee

• Gary Anderson vs Jeffrey de Graaf or Rashad Sweeting

• Ross Smith vs Jim Williams or Paolo Nebrida

• Dave Chisnall vs Ricky Evans or Gordon Mathers

• Gabriel Clemens vs Niels Zonneveld or Robert Owen

• Dimitri Van den Bergh vs William O’Connor or Dylan Slevin

• Martin Schindler vs Callan Rydz or Romeo Grbavac