WARRINGTON’S Luke Littler tasted defeat in the Night 11 Final in Rotterdam as he was beaten 6-4 by Jonny Clayton, who cemented his lead at the top of the Premier League Darts table.
It marks Clayton’s fourth nightly win of the 2026 campaign, and the Welshman was also completing back-to-back successes after his victory in Brighton last time out, having also won in Glasgow and Nottingham.
‘The Ferret’ is now all but confirmed to be at Finals Night at The O2 in May with his five-point advantage at the top of the table.
He sits on 29 points at the summit, with Littler on 24 points in second, Gerwyn Price on 19 points in third and Michael van Gerwen on 16 in fourth.
Littler made it into his fourth nightly final but could not seal the victory, although he did manage to silence the Rotterdam crowd after they had booed him when he came out for his walk-on ahead of his quarter-final against Price.
Clayton fought off Littler to make it three wins in four Premier League meetings against ‘The Nuke’ in 2026.
From 2-0 down, Clayton rattled off three legs in a row, eventually moving into a 5-3 lead. Littler won the next leg before Clayton held his nerve and pin D20 for the game.
