Darts: Northern Ireland's Josh Rock confirmed for Premier League debut
Northern Ireand's Josh Rock will make his Premier League debut in 2026, it's been confirmed.
The Broughshane thrower will line up alongside fellow debutant - and PDC World Championship finalist Gian Van Veen - for the 17-venue tournament across the UK and Europe from next month.
Rock and Van Veen are the two new faces, with the other six throwers seeing back-to-back World Champion Luke Littler joined by Luke Humphries, Michael Van Gerwen, Gerwyn Price, Stephen Bunting and Johnny Clayton.
The 22nd edition of the Premier League begins on Thursday February 5th at Newcastle's Utilita Arena and comes to Belfast's SSE Arena on Thursday February 26th.
Rock will make his debut in the elite invitational after winning the World Cup of Darts last summer, alongside Daryl Gurney, as well as reaching the semi-finals of the UK Open and World Matchplay.
Following the opening night in Newcastle and the event’s debut in Antwerp, February will also feature league nights in Glasgow and Belfast during an action-packed opening month, before visits to Cardiff, Nottingham, Dublin and Berlin in March.
The race to The O2 will intensify in April, with further league nights to be held in Manchester, Brighton, Rotterdam, Liverpool and Aberdeen, before the season draws to a close in May.
The final three league nights will take place in Leeds, Birmingham and Sheffield, which will be followed by the season-ending Finals on a bumper night at The O2 in London on Thursday May 28th.
The weekly knockout format, which was introduced in 2022, is set to be retained for a fifth straight season, with the weekly fixture list to be confirmed in due course.