Long on making World Cup of Darts debut in Hamburg: 'It's a real honour to represent Canada at the World Cup'

Long spoke to DartsNews.com ahead of the tournament and said that for him it's a real honour to represent his country and he is very excited to return to the PDC stage.
'It's a real honour to represent Canada at the World Cup, especially as this will be the first year John Part hasn't been a part of the team! I am very excited to be back on the PDC stage and to visit Germany!' said Long to DartsNews.com.
He teams with Dawson Murschell who has previous experience on the World Cup stage and he said that he is a great guy and player; as well as that both of them feel they have nothing to lose in the tournament.
'Dawson is a great guy and player. I don't think either of us feel we have anything to lose so hopefully we'll be relaxed and confident! Would be amazing to pull off an upset.'
They will take on Italy in the first round and for Long, who captured his first CDC title last month; it could've been worse but isn't 100 percent confident of making it through as anything can happen.
'I think the draw could've been much worse but I'm sure Italy feels the same way!! I wouldn't say I'm confident of getting through because anything can happen but I am confident that I have a great partner and that we will play good as a team.'

Long also spoke about the rise of the CDC tour in America and said that for him a clear path is available but that it isn't fully there yet with a few more years needed before the results are shown. 'The CDC has changed darts in North America. A clear path is available for players to get to experience the biggest stage in the world. The level of play has gone up as more and more players realise the opportunity they have. 'I think this will only help everyone as we learn to handle better averages being thrown against us match after match. I think it will take a few more years of the experience to really start to show the results.'