DARTS stars Jarno Bottenberg and Ryan Hogarth were involved in a heated exchange of words – which threatened to turn ugly.
The two came up against each other in the Last 32 at the 2024 WDF Lakeside World Championship.
Jarno Bottenberg and Ryan Hogarth were involved in a heated exchange of wordsX formerly Twitter / @MatadorDarts
Things threatened to turn uglyX formerly Twitter / @MatadorDarts
It followed after Bottenberg’s 3-1 win over HogarthX formerly Twitter / @MatadorDarts
Dutchman Bottenberg beat the Scot 3-1 in sets but they clashed as the game came to a close.
There was an exchange of words before Hogarth appeared to raise his voice at Bottenberg.
Hogarth then put his hands on Bottenberg’s back and appeared to give him a push – leaving fans online fuming.
One said: “No need to be pushing or even touching your opponent other than to shake hands.”
Another added: “Ryan Hogarth and Jarno Bottenberg about to have a scrap backstage.”
One commented: “Clear push. Action needs to be taken against Hogarth.”
Another said: “No need to put his hands on someone bad loser.”
Hogarth survived set darts in the opener to go 1-0 up with finishes of 114 and 111.
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But Bottenberg levelled up to win the second set 3-0 with a brace of 16 darters.
Bottenberg hit further 16-darters and double 14 to take the third set 3-1 and wrap up the win.