Daryl Gurney apologises for incident with Gerwyn Price after Premier League clash Daryl Gurney and Gerwyn Price have agreed to bury the hatchet after their post-match skirmish on Thursday night. After Derry's Gurney secured a 7-7 draw with the divisive Welshman on the Premier League's Sheffield show, he seemingly took umbrage with something that Price had been doing throughout the match. Gurney aggressively confronted Price, who is no stranger to scuffles, and the altercation forced the match referee and security to intervene. While Price revealed in his post-match interview that Gurney had accused him of talking in an attempt to throw him off his game, commentator Wayne Mardle admitted that he couldn't see any gamesmanship from Price and noted that "Daryl Gurney was definitely the aggressor then." Now that the dust has settled, Gurney reached out to 'The Iceman' to apologise for his behaviour. Last night then I would like to publicly apologise for my overreaction in my match with @Gezzyprice we have spoken and he’s accepted this. Sorry to anyone that took offence it was such a high pressure match with lots riding on it @OfficialPDC — Daryl Gurney (@Superchin180) May 10, 2019 Price, who must be on his best behaviour after his antics in the Grand Slam of Darts final with Gary Anderson, accepted Gurney's apology and the pair have agreed to put their issues behind them. Advertisement "Life's too short to have enemies and hold grudges," Price said. Just had a catch up with @Superchin180 and accepted his apology for being out of order last night, a heat of the moment reaction. Life's to short to have enemies and hold grudges, see you tomorrow mate 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻🎯🎯🎯 @OfficialPDC @reddragondarts — Gerwyn Price (@Gezzyprice) May 10, 2019 The result of Thursday's fiery encounter leaves both Gurney and Price with an uphill task if they are to finish in the Premier League's top four. Gurney finds himself in fifth spot, while Price is a point behind in sixth. Gurney will play Michael Smith in Night 16 in Leeds next week and Price will meet Peter Wright on the oche.<doc-sep>Gerwyn Price reveals what was said in post-match skirmish with Derryman Daryl Gurney Gerwyn Price was confused by Daryl Gurney's aggressive confrontation after the pair's draw on night 15 of the Premier League of Darts on Thursday night. Derry's Gurney secured a 7-7 draw against the throw to keep himself in the running for a top-four finish and wasted no time in confronting Price on the stage. Price is aware of the fact that he's no saint, having come in for criticism for his behaviour in his controversial Grand Slam of Darts victory over Gary Anderson last November, but he appeared to do little to provoke the skirmish with Gurney, which escalated to the point that security was forced to intervene. Gurney was wound up in a big way and after the match, Price revealed that the Northern Irishman's anger stemmed from his belief that Price was attempting to distract him by muttering behind his back. 🗣 “He reckons I was talking. If I want to gee myself up, I gee myself up. I wouldn’t do it when he was throwing” Gerwyn Price on THAT incident with Daryl Gurney@OfficialPDC #Unibet180 #PLDarts pic.twitter.com/oNAQmuWQJd — Unibet (@unibet) May 9, 2019 Advertisement "To be honest with you, I don’t understand what happened or why it happened," Price told Unibet. "He reckoned that I’m talking and I’m like, 'If I want to gee myself up, I gee myself up.' I wouldn’t do it while he was throwing. "But each to their own, I’m accused of a lot of things. They know that I’m on a sort of curfew and have got a month or two left so I don’t know if they are trying to get me banned or whatever but it isn’t going to work. "I shook his hand and I didn't think there was anything in it. That's all I know."<doc-sep>Tempers flared following a feisty 7-7 draw between Daryl Gurney and Gerwyn Price on night 15 of the Premier League in Sheffield. The two players exchanged heated words on stage and had to be separated by security guards after Gurney celebrated aggressively having levelled the contest. Welshman Price said after the match that he was accused of talking when Gurney was throwing. The fiery stalemate did little to boost either man's chances of reaching the play-offs, leaving Northern Irishman Gurney in fifth position and Price in sixth heading into the final night of the regular season in Leeds next week. Table-topping Rob Cross cemented his top-four spot with a convincing 8-4 victory over Mensur Suljovic. The former world champion is in pole position to claim the #25,000 league leader's bonus after another dominant display. He averaged 102.66 and threw seven maximums en route to a comfortable success which damaged the play-off hopes of his fourth-placed Austrian opponent. Defending champion Michael Van Gerwen kept up the pressure on Cross by demolishing Peter Wright. The Dutchman was an 8-1 winner against Wright, securing his play-off place and remaining a point off top spot. The 30-year-old produced a superb 110.85 average to bounce back from last week's disappointing defeat to Gurney. In Thursday's other match, third-placed James Wade had to settle for a draw after his throw was broken by Michael Smith in the last leg. Neither player missed a dart on the doubles in the opening five legs, but the standard dropped considerably in the second half of the match, which ended 7-7. A brilliant 161 checkout from Wade saw him go 7-5 ahead, but Smith took the final two legs to share the spoils.<doc-sep>
Derry's Daryl Gurney has to be separated from Gerwyn Price after post-draw clash Security was forced to intervene after Daryl Gurney and Gerwyn Price played out a draw on night 15 of the Premier League of Darts in Sheffield. With neither man a stranger to boos from the crowd, Gurney's match against the divisive Price played out with little hostility before the end, when tempers boiled over. Derry's Gurney secured a draw against the throw and kept himself in the running for a play-off place with his 64 finish following 14 legs of well-contested action. Price was on his best behaviour for the match, which has not been the case on several occasions over the past 12 months, but Gurney clearly took umbrage with something that the Welshman had been doing as his celebrations caused a scuffle on the stage which forced security to separate the players. AGGRO BETWEEN GURNEY AND PRICE!!! 💥 After their match ends in a draw there's pushing and shoving and words exchanged between @SuperChin180 and @Gezzyprice 😠😠😠 A controversial end to their clash! Reaction in our LIVE blog - https://t.co/aE6JurMGsY pic.twitter.com/pEWR7dtZF9 — Sky Sports Darts (@SkySportsDarts) May 9, 2019 After firing home a double 16, Gurney motioned as if to punch Price from behind and as the pair aggressively shook hands, angry words and angrier shoves were exchanged. The referee got between Gurney and Price before the cavalry arrived in the form of a pair of security guards, who managed to restore order. The result leaves Gurney on level points with the fourth-placed Mensur Suljovic while the draw was much less helpful for Price, who is now much more reliant on the outcome of other matches as he sits in sixth place of the table.