Aussie darts star hits electric nine-darter at World Championships

Joshua Mayne

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Damon Heta has hit a perfect leg of darts on the sport's biggest stage.

The Australian nailed a 'nine-darter' early Friday morning (AEDT) at the PDC World Darts Championship. 

In his Round 3 clash with Luke Woodhouse, the 37-year-old lit up Alexandra Palace during the second set.

The No. 9 seed recorded a pair of '180s' before finishing off the leg with another triple 20, a triple 19 and a double 12. 

Watch the nine-darter below: 

His nine-darter sent the 'Ally Pally' crowd into raptures, with his opponent also graciously joining the celebrations.

Heta became the second player at the ongoing World Darts Championships to have hit a perfect leg, with Dutchman Christian Kist doing so in the opening round.

The Aussie also pocketed a £60,000 (approx. AU$121,299) bonus for achieving the feat.

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However, Heta couldn't take the match win.

He held a 3-1 set lead, but Woodhouse won the last nine consecutive legs to take a 4-3 victory.

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Joshua Mayne is a content producer for The Sporting News currently based in Manchester, England. He has previously worked as a newsreader at 2SER and journalist at Ministry of Sport. Joshua specialises in rugby league, motorsport and tennis. He is still waiting for Arsenal to win the Premier League again.