We’re heading straight to the shops after this…
Rob Cross is the PDC World Champion after taking former darts kingpin Phil Taylor to the brightly-coloured shirt cleaners on Monday.
An electrician by trade, Cross’ journey from championship outsider to winner proved utterly compelling and won him a legion of new fans. His darts weren’t bad either as he dismantled Taylor with a superb display of points accumulation and clutch close-outs.
A sign of how far has come appeared soon after he has dispatched ‘The Power’ 7-2 in the final.
Crazy what @RobCross180 has just achieved here's him winning 7 pound each in the pair's with my brother a year ago.. Now has just beaten Phil Taylor in the world championship and won 400.000 pounds in prize money. Simply incredible #TAYvCROSS #Darts @SkySportsDarts pic.twitter.com/AkRTMLsrcH
— Adam Stephenson (@AdzStephenson) January 1, 2018
From a share of £14 to a cheque for £400,000 to keep for himself, Cross is on the rise. Indeed, he has climbed to third in the world rankings and is included in the 2018 Premier League Darts line-up, ensuring some more sizeable cheques.
The BBC caught up with Cross the morning after his world championship win and recorded a quirky ‘Breakfast of Champions’ segment. The Englishman revealed what he had on the day of his life-changing success, but admitted he sometimes skips his morning tucker if he has an early game. He commented:
“Usually, and it’s going to sound sad actually. It’s Coco Pops or something.
“Sometimes a fry-up too, and it depends how you feel and what I’ve got on for that day. If I’m prepping before I play then sometimes I’ll go without or sometimes it’d be Coco Pops.
“It’s never normally a fried breakfast but if we’ve got a day off it’s a fried breakfast.”
Chris Latchem then got the nod that Cross did indulge in a bowl of chocolate coated creal with some fresh milk before his day of days.
.@RobCross180 stunned the darts world last night when he became @OfficialPDC World Champion. @chrisdotlatchem asked him for his #breakfastofchampions. What's yours? 🥣🍳 pic.twitter.com/AjHwpY1NxZ
— BBC Radio 5 Live (@bbc5live) January 2, 2018
If Kellogs get wind of this, Cross may never have another fried breakfast again. He may never need to.
