Wade on fishing trip with Van Gerwen: "Not satisfied with top billing the day before, MVG again stole the show"

The second World Series tournament in a row of three Down Under starts on Friday in Wollongong and James Wade hopes to put a poor display at the Queensland Darts Masters behind him.

"Simon Whitlock played well and capitalised on my below-par start. By the time I started moving through the gears, I was already too far behind to be able to recover," said Wade on the Daily Star.

"I’m not into excuses and Simon was the better player, but I do know that with the benefit of being a little more settled and acclimatised, you will see a different James Wade this Friday.

"We are here for three tournaments in total (two in Australia and one in New Zealand) and my goal is to have a right good go at winning one of the remaining two, which will set me in good stead for the TV majors that are coming thick and fast after that."

It was priorly reported that MVG went out fishing with Wade and caught a 'Big Fish' and not a 170 and 'The Machine' lamented his luck that Van Gerwen was the best in multiple departments that weekend.

"I had the pleasure of a fishing trip with Michael Van Gerwen on Sunday. It was a great day out and, not satisfied with top billing the day before, MVG again stole the show with the biggest fish of the expedition as well (just greedy really!)."