Draw released for Players Championship 2: Wright to face Soutar, Price set for Rodriguez clash as World Number One battle heats up

It is the second Players Championship of the season which begins later today in Barnsley with the draw now released ahead of the action getting underway.

It is a big day in terms of the World Number One spot with Gerwyn Price losing it if Peter Wright wins the tournament and Price doesn't reach the Quarter-Finals or better.

Price starts his day against Rusty-Jake Rodriguez, while Wright will face Alan Soutar. Also involved today includes yesterday's winner, Luke Humphries who faces impressive Dutch-American, Jules van Dongen.

Michael van Gerwen, Jonny Clayton, Gary Anderson, Ryan Searle and Joe Cullen are also among the leading lights involved as £75,000 is up for grabs overall and the second ranking title of the season.

Gerwyn Price - | - Rusty-Jake Rodriguez

Florian Hempel - | - Jason Heaver

Scott Mitchell - | - Nick Fullwell

David Evans - | - Ross Montgomery

Callan Rydz - | - John O'Shea

Scott Williams - | - Boris Koltsov

James Wade - | - Darius Labanauskas

Tony Martinez - | - Gordon Mathers

Michael van Gerwen - | - Danny Baggish

Ritchie Edhouse - | - John Michael

Raymond van Barneveld - | - Brett Claydon

Kevin Burness - | - Stephen Burton

Brendan Dolan - | - Connor Scutt

Jim McEwan - | - Devon Petersen

Martin Schindler - | - Mike De Decker

Brian Raman - | - Mario Vandenbogaerde

Michael Smith - | - Keane Barry

Boris Krcmar - | - Jim Williams

Adrian Lewis - | - Steve Beaton

Jake Jones - | - Max Hopp

Dimitri Van den Bergh - | - Ryan Meikle

Bradley Brooks - | - Andy Boulton

Chris Dobey - | - James Wilson

Ron Meulenkamp - | - William Borland

Jonny Clayton - | - Madars Razma

Darren Webster - | - Berry van Peer

Ryan Joyce - | - William O'Connor

Rowby-John Rodriguez - | - Peter Hudson

Dirk van Duijvenbode - | - Richie Burnett

Ricardo Pietreczko - | - Jason Lowe

Stephen Bunting - | - Jermaine Wattimena

Gary Anderson - | - Jose Justicia

Jose de Sousa - | - Nathan Rafferty

Krzysztof Kciuk - | - Josh Rock

Mensur Suljovic - | - Ian White

Luc Peters - | - Mickey Mansell

Damon Heta - | - John Brown

Keegan Brown - | - Glen Durrant

Ross Smith - | - Danny Jansen

Jimmy Hendriks - | - Jack Main

Ryan Searle - | - Ted Evetts

Cameron Menzies - | - Geert De Vos

Vincent van der Voort - | - Jeff Smith

Shaun Wilkinson - | - Niels Zonneveld

Luke Humphries - | - Jules van Dongen

Scott Waites - | - Jamie Hughes

Daryl Gurney - | - Adam Hunt

Steve West - | - Damian Mol

Peter Wright - | - Alan Soutar

Lewy Williams - | - Steve Lennon

Kim Huybrechts - | - Eddie Lovely

Andrew Gilding - | - Jon Worsley

Krzysztof Ratajski - | - Simon Whitlock

Lee Evans - | - John Henderson

Gabriel Clemens - | - Martijn Kleermaker

George Killington - | - Luke Woodhouse

Joe Cullen - | - Ricky Evans

Kevin Doets - | - Joe Murnan

Mervyn King - | - Jamie Clark

Geert Nentjes - | - Stu Wilson

Rob Cross - | - Radek Szaganski

Martin Lukeman - | - Matt Campbell

Dave Chisnall - | - Adam Gawlas

Maik Kuivenhoven - | - Steve Haggerty