Rowby-John Rodriguez signs contract with The Sportsman Management Company

Rowby-John Rodriguez has taken on a new manager. The Austrian darter has signed a contract with Mac Elkin's The Sportsman Management Company.

This management agency includes many well-known darters, including Dimitri van den Bergh, Jermaine Wattimena, Owen Roelofs, Glen Durrant, Jose de Sousa, Ted Evetts and Jim Williams.

''The Sportsman Management Company are delighted to announce the signing of Rowby-John Rodriguez. Just a week short of his 30th birthday, Rowby-John is the latest in a line of young talented players to join our stable. The Austrian arrow-smith has four PDC titles to his name and we are confident that number will rise before very long,'' the management said in the announcement.