Darts star suffered toilet malfunction and had to play final without pants on | Other | Sport

Darts player Ricky Evans has revealed an embarrassing toilet mishap which resulted in him competing in a final without any underwear. ‘Rapid Ricky’ progressed to the final of the Dutch Darts Championship in 2018, but was compelled to go commando for three matches.

Evans defeated Jan Dekker, Steve West, William O’Connor, Joe Cullen and Ritchie Edhouse on his path to the final. He subsequently lost 8-5 to Ian White, although, fortunately for him, the wardrobe malfunction remained entirely unnoticed. Now, Evans has spoken to talkSPORT about his humiliating incident in the Netherlands eight years ago.

The Kettering-born darts player acknowledged his embarrassment at recounting the story which took place after dining out the previous evening.

He said: “This is the worst time to tell this story, but I’m gonna tell you it. I got to a final once on the European Tour in Maastricht.

“I played Ian White. I played with no pants on. I don’t really wanna go into detail now, we had food and I didn’t really help myself.”

“I shouldn’t have done what I did and I had no spares, so I took them off, chucked them in the bin, and I played the next three games without my boxers, and I don’t know why I told you this. I’m regretting this right now.”

Evans was subsequently asked what he consumed for it to occur. He replied: “I don’t know. I remember driving home, and I think it might have been a McDonald’s.

“I don’t know what they were, but maybe the adrenaline or the pressure of winning a game came down and I thought it was safe, and it backfired.”

Evans was then questioned about the experience of competing without trousers. He remarked: “It was brilliant, fantastic, freeing, a bit of air.

“I remember at the time, one of the games, the zip wasn’t going up, and I thought ‘this is just what I need’. I remember the players I beat as well. I’m sure I beat Joe Cullen or Willie O’Connor again.”