Darts fans watch TWO nine-darters in one night as Rob Cross follows Luke Humphries in bagging £30k solid gold prize

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LUKE HUMPHRIES and Rob Cross rocked Brighton with two stunning nine-darters and each earned a set of £30,000 golden throws.

The pair faced off in the quarter-final, but their perfect throws came in separate matches.

Darts player celebrating a point.
Luke Humphries hit an incredible nine-darter against Rob Cross
A darts player celebrates in front of a cheering crowd.
Humphries got off to a perfect start on Night 5
Excited crowd at a sporting event.
Cool Hand Luke sent the crowd into frenzy
Sky Sports Main Event live broadcast screen.
Sky Sports darts coverage went down on Premier League Night 5

And remarkably, for all that effort, both Humphries and Cross would later bow out and go on to LOSE those matches in extraordinary scenes.

The world No.1 was the first to hit a golden leg during his 6-4 loss to Cross in quarter-final three.

It was the 17th perfect leg in the Premier League since its inception in 2005 and the first one seen in the competition since Luke Littler did it in the 2024 final.

And Cross, who was unmoved by Humphries feat, followed up with his own flawless finish in his 6-5 semi-final defeat to Nathan Aspinall.

BetMGM will award both players with a pair of custom-made 18 carat solid gold darts worth £30,000.

Cool Hand Luke sent the crowd into frenzy after nailing double 12 but his celebrations were disrupted by frozen pictures and a dodgy TV feed.

But fans on social media praised Humphries for saving a night of constant telly interruptions.

One wrote on X: “Humphries has saved Sky by making this the night he hit a nine darter, rather than the night that no one saw the darts.”

A second said: “Wow, what a nine-darter…shame we couldn’t see it properly.”

Humphries said: “It’s a nice second prize. I am really pleased to hit the nine.

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“Rob played a fantastic game and averaged nearly 112.

“I would have rather won the game. When I was told about them in Belfast, I said I would love to win one.

“The gold darts are really amazing but I am disappointed to lose the game.

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“Luckily it was shown. It would have well disappointing to hit my first nine and it had not appeared on TV.

“I won’t sell them, they will be nicely displayed at my house.”

A darts player touching the back of his head.
Rob Cross then a nine-darter of his own
Two darts players shaking hands in front of a cheering crowd.
Before later losing to Nathan Aspinall

Humphries got off to a perfect start after his recent dramas with James Wade at the UK Open on Sunday.

The close contest was etched in controversy, after Wade appeared to lick Humphries’ neck before the action got underway.

The Leeds fan didn’t respond at the time – but bumped shoulders with Wade rather than shaking hands after his 10-9 defeat.

Cross didn’t let the first nine-darter sway him as hit seven 180s and smashed in a D18 to send last week’s winner Humphries home.

The 34-year-old later hit his OWN nine-darter against Aspinall, who got the better of Stephen Bunting before hand.

Sky Sports’ coverage throughout the evening was marred with constant interruptions.

Fans watching on Main Event were instead greeted with a white screen with the Sky Sports logo.

Sky Sports Main Event UHD temporary fault message on TV screen.

A message on viewers screens said: “We’re really sorry for this temporary fault.”

The error, which lasted for two minutes, meant fans missed the first leg of Gerwyn Price‘s clash with Michael van Gerwen, won 6-3 by the Dutchman.

When the white screen was not showing, fans were presented with adverts.

Reacting on social media one fan said: “Sky Sports just gone down for anyone else ??? Wanna watch the darts.”

Humphries has already won two nights and reached the final Glasgow, but suffered an early exit, despite that magnificent nine darter.

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