Price and Clayton set to defend World Series of Darts titles, no Van Gerwen in Australia and New Zealand

The World Series of Darts heads to Australia and New Zealand in August for a double header instead of the trio of tournaments that are usually hosted.

Representatives have now been confirmed for those who will take part Down Under and they feature defending champions in these tournaments Gerwyn Price and Jonny Clayton.

The NZ Darts Masters and NSW Darts Masters (August 4-5 and August 11-12) will also feature Michael Smith, Peter Wright, Rob Cross and for the first time in their careers, Nathan Aspinall and Danny Noppert will also be involved.

As will Dimitri van den Bergh who completes the line-up, alongside the Oceanic representatives.

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These feature former World Cup champions Damon Heta and Simon Whitlock. As well as confirmed so far, Mal Cuming, Darren Penhall, Dave Marland in New South Wales and in Hamilton, Ben Robb and Haupai Puha will be joined by fellow DPNZ players.

Two players who will miss out though are Michael van Gerwen and Luke Humphries with both declining invites for family reasons. MVG confirmed this on the MMA Hour with Ariel Helwani while in New York that he wouldn't play these tournaments.

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2023 World Series of Darts

NZ Darts Masters

August 4-5, GLOBOX Arena, Hamilton

PDC Representatives

Michael Smith

Peter Wright

Gerwyn Price

Rob Cross

Jonny Clayton

Danny Noppert

Nathan Aspinall

Dimitri Van den Bergh

Oceanic Representatives

Damon Heta

Simon Whitlock

Ben Robb - DPNZ Number One

Haupai Puha - DPNZ Number Two

DPNZ Q1 - July 1, Christchurch

DPNZ Q2 - July 2, Christchurch

Top-Ranked player on DPNZ Order of Merit on July 2 following DPNZ Qualifiers

DPA Qualifier - Top-Ranked player following Event 21 (July 9)

NSW Darts Masters

August 11-12, WIN Entertainment Centre, Wollongong

PDC Representatives

Michael Smith

Peter Wright

Gerwyn Price

Rob Cross

Jonny Clayton

Danny Noppert

Nathan Aspinall

Dimitri Van den Bergh

Oceanic Representatives

Damon Heta

Simon Whitlock

DPA Q1 - Mal Cuming

DPA Q2 - Darren Penhall

DPA Q3 - Dave Marland

DPA Q4 - July 7, Warilla

DPNZ Qualifier - July 1, Christchurch

Top-ranked player from DPA Order of Merit following Event 21 (July 9)