Draw released for Players Championship 23 including Price, Wright, Humphries and Smith

The draw has been released ahead of Players Championship 23 which is set to take place on Thursday afternoon in Barnsley.

Among those involved include Luke Humphries who will face Karel Sedlacek, Michael Smith takes on 121 average man Josh Rock.

While Gerwyn Price and Peter Wright headline the draw from a ranking perspective facing James Wilson and Robert Owen respectively. Nathan Aspinall sealed the title yesterday to begin the latest trio of tournaments.

There is no Michael van Gerwen this week in Barnsley as well as Jonny Clayton with a slew of names deciding not to play. Action begins at 12pm BST.

Players Championship 23

Last 128

Luke Humphries - | - Karel Sedlacek

Scott Waites - | - Jermaine Wattimena

Keane Barry - | - Maik Kuivenhoven

Ryan Meikle - | - Ricardo Pietreczko

Brendan Dolan - | - Kevin Doets

Scott Mitchell - | - Alan Soutar

Daryl Gurney - | - Steve Lennon

Florian Hempel - | - Bradley Brooks

Danny Noppert - | - Jake Jones

Devon Petersen - | - Gian van Veen

Rowby Rodriguez - | - Ian White

Danny van Trijp - | - Mervyn King

Joe Cullen - | - Adam Gawlas

Ted Evetts - | - Peter Hudson

Martin Lukeman - | - Andy Boulton

Eddie Lovely - | - Mario Vandenbogaerde

Nathan Aspinall - | - Jon Worsley

Rusty Rodriguez - | - Glen Durrant

Vincent van der Voort - | - Nathan Rafferty

Brian Raman - | - Geert De Vos

Dave Chisnall - | - Adam Hunt

Jimmy Hendriks - | - William O'Connor

Andrew Gilding - | - John O'Shea

John Brown - | - Damian Mol

Rob Cross - | - Jack Main

Berry van Peer - | - Kevin Burness

Mensur Suljovic - | - Jamie Hughes

Cameron Menzies - | - Martijn Kleermaker

Dimitri Van den Bergh - | - Darius Labanauskas

Shaun Wilkinson - | - Ritchie Edhouse

Kim Huybrechts - | - Jose Justicia

Gordon Mathers - | - Geert Nentjes

Michael Smith - | - Josh Rock

Nick Fullwell - | - Jeff Smith

Scott Williams - | - Luke Woodhouse

Raymond van Barneveld - | - Max Hopp

Martin Schindler - | - William Borland

Niels Zonneveld - | - Danny Jansen

Gabriel Clemens - | - Tony Martinez

Steve Beaton - | - Joe Murnan

Ryan Searle - | - David Pallett

Krzysztof Kciuk - | - Connor Scutt

Ricky Evans - | - Richie Burnett

George Killington - | - Mickey Mansell

Peter Wright - | - Robert Owen

Jason Lowe - | - Lee Evans

Madars Razma - | - Radek Szaganski

Matt Campbell - | - Ron Meulenkamp

Gerwyn Price - | - James Wilson

Steve West - | - Ross Montgomery

Simon Whitlock - | - Danny Baggish

Jeffrey De Zwaan - | - Ryan Joyce

Jose de Sousa - | - Keegan Brown

Jason Heaver - | - Darren Webster

Stephen Bunting - | - Gary Anderson

Stephen Burton - | - Luc Peters

Dirk van Duijvenbode - | - Jules van Dongen

Kenny Neyens - | - Brett Claydon

Ross Smith - | - Jim Williams

John Henderson - | - Mike De Decker

Krzysztof Ratajski - | - Jamie Clark

Boris Krcmar - | - Jim McEwan

Chris Dobey - | - Boris Koltsov

David Evans - | - Lewy Williams