LITTLER LARGES IT

MVG warns Luke the Nuke he's joining big boys now.... but the boy wonder insists he is already one of them

- MIKE WALTERS

LUKE LITTLER enters the rock 'n' roll bedlam of Premier League darts tonight with a brash dismissal of Michael van Gerwen's warning he was joining the "big boys" club.

On the eve of his debut in the travelling circus, which will export his outlandish talent across seven countries in 17 weeks, Luke the Nuke wasn't standing for any of Clog Almighty's mind games.

Not only can the boy wonder handle his opponents on the ochehe has beaten six world champions, past and present, in as many weeks - but 17-year-old Littler is happy to play them at their own game.

As the eight-player cast lined up at the Principality Stadium (bottom) to promote this evening's curtainraiser at the Utility arena in Cardiff, the only things shining more brightly than Littler's report card were the pitch glow lamps.

In a repeat of the PDC World Championship final, Littler meets Luke Humphries (circle, below right), his conqueror at Ally Pally, in the first phase of the mini-knockout tournament.