Gerwyn Price Makes Public Plea to Darts Fans After Bar Incident
Gerwyn Price has made a plea on social media to make a plea after an incident with a member of the public in a bar.
On Saturday afternoon, the Wales national rugby team competed against world no.1 South Africa in Cardiff's Principality Stadium.
Unfortunately for Welsh fans, their home side suffered a record home defeat as the Springboks became the first team to stop Wales scoring in Cardiff since 1967, with the final score being 73-0 to the visitors.
But things were only going to get worse for Welsh darts star Price, who himself played a former professional rugby player before joining the PDC full-time in his mid-20s, as he watched the dismal display from his home side from a bar.
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And after the viewing, he took to social media to ask for his fans to help him after the controversial moment.
While the Wales national rugby team played in Cardiff, Price watched the game from Potters Bar in Newport.
However, while Price focused on the match, another spectator in the bar took the opportunity to steal the darts star's coat, leading to him appealing for information on the culprit in his own no-nonsense way.
Posting on his Instagram story, Price wrote: "Out to watch the rugby and some smelly scruffy old ruff un decides to steal my coat. Potters bar Newport."
Although Price has not named the individual involved, he confirmed that the culprit was a woman while making it he is simply seeking help to recover his property, starting the tongue-in-cheek hashtag “#findthecoat."
The former world champion also shared that he had been given a possible lead from a fan who claims they overheard a man entering a taxi bound for Cwmbran allegedly boasting about taking Price's coat.
Price's controversial incident comes as he ramps up his preparations for what is perhaps the biggest event of the annual darts calendar, the World Darts Championship.
The popular competition held inside London's iconic Alexandra Palace is set to get underway on Thursday 11 December with the likes of Luke Littler, Luke Humphries and Stephen Bunting all set to compete.
In his opening match of the World Darts Championship, Price will face Czech darts player Adam Gawlas on Tuesday 16 December.
Ben McCrum