Draw released for Players Championship 18 including Smith-Van Barneveld, Cross-Waites and Wright-Montgomery

The draw has been confirmed ahead of Players Championship 18 which will take place on Friday afternoon in Barnsley and sees an almost full strength field.

So much so that only Michael van Gerwen and Michael Unterbuchner are not playing as the race to the World Matchplay concludes with the final spots up for grabs.

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Among the top names include Peter Wright, Gerwyn Price, Jonny Clayton, Joe Cullen, Gary Anderson, Luke Humphries and Michael Smith with 'Bully Boy' who has been imperious at times so far on the ProTour this season set to face Raymond van Barneveld in his opener.

Play begins at 12:00pm BST with £10,000 going to the winner each day over the next four days.

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Draw Players Championship 18

Last 128

Luke Humphries v Jamie Clark

Jason Heaver v Jermaine Wattimena

Rowby-John Rodriguez v Jules van Dongen

Jeffrey de Zwaan v Stephen Burton

Martin Schindler v Ryan Joyce

Scott Mitchell v Jason Lowe

Callan Rydz v Steve West

Martijn Kleermaker v Ron Meulenkamp

Peter Wright v Ross Montgomery

Joe Murnan v Steve Lennon

Brendan Dolan v Ian White

Danny Baggish v William O'Connor

Dirk van Duijvenbode v Connor Scutt

Ritchie Edhouse v Jim Williams

Chris Dobey v Glen Durrant

Steve Beaton v Devon Petersen

Rob Cross v Scott Waites

Kevin Burness v Danny van Trijp

Adrian Lewis v Keane Barry

Luc Peters v Radek Szaganski

Danny Noppert v Boris Krcmar

Mickey Mansell v Vladimir Andersen

Stephen Bunting v Lewy Williams

Karel Sedlacek v Alan Soutar

Damon Heta v Darius Labanauskas

Mike de Decker v Danny Jansen

Andrew Gilding v Brett Claydon

Vincent van der Voort v Berry van Peer

Jose de Sousa v Jeff Smith

Simon Whitlock v Eddie Lovely

James Wade v Niels Zonneveld

James Wilson v Matt Campbell

Gerwyn Price v Boris Koltsov

Cameron Menzies v Shaun Wilkinson

Ricky Evans v Shaun Wilkinson

John Henderson v Geert de Vos

Jonny Clayton v Brian Raman

Maik Kuivenhoven v Krzysztof Kciuk

Dave Chisnall v Jimmy Hendriks

Max Hopp v Stu Wilson

Nathan Aspinall v Jake Jones

Luke Woodhouse v Darren Webster

Madars Razma v Gary Anderson

Adam Gawlas v Ricardo Pietreczko

Joe Cullen v Kevin Doets

Richie Burnett v Tony Martinez

Kim Huybrechts v John O'Shea

Ted Evetts v Scott Williams

Michael Smith v Raymond van Barneveld

Andy Boulton v David Evans

Ross Smith v Jack Main

Mario Vandenbogaerde v George Killington

Krzysztof Ratajski v Jon Worsley

Mensur Suljovic v Bradley Brooks

Daryl Gurney v Nathan Rafferty

William Borland v Peter Hudson

Ryan Searle v Josh Rock

Geert Nentjes v John Brown

Gabriel Clemens v Adam Hunt

Gordon Mathers v Keegan Brown

Dimitri van den Bergh v Jose Justicia

Florian Hempel v Damian Mol

Martin Lukeman v Rusty-Jake Rodriguez

Nick Fullwell v Ryan Meikle