Joe Cullen calls Murphy ‘liar’ over epic 147, nine-darter and hole-in-one declare
Darts star Joe Cullen rubbished Shaun Murphy’s epic declare that he is the one particular person to achieved a 147, a nine-dart end and a gap in a single.
The 2005 World Snooker Championship victor’s outlandish declare made the rounds on social media this previous week as followers have been caught in two minds in whether or not to imagine the 41-year-old.
Among those that did not imagine Murphy was 2022 Masters champion Cullen, who made his place on the snooker ace’s declaration completely clear on X (previously often called Twitter).
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The 34-year-old quoted the video of the Essex native describing how he achieved all three sporting moments and captioned it and captioned it with ‘crying laughter’ and ‘Pinocchio nose’ emojis, as he wrote: “One word – Liar!”.
‘The Magician’ initially defined that he achieved a nine-dart end after he was despatched a set of darts from Phi Taylor, who’s regarded by many as the best participant within the sport’s historical past.
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“I got my nine-darter in the Carter’s Arms in Sale in Manchester, and I made the hole in one at Royal Workington near Newmarket on a cold, frosty morning,” he claimed. “Well, I mean, I think I’m in a club of one at the moment.” Murphy admitted that whereas he can play darts, a end of that nature was one thing out of this world.
“Phil Taylor, who I met a few times, sent me a set of his darts that he’d used in a few events to me, with his best wishes. I took them to the pub. It was a Friday night, we were in the pub, in the snug, and we were setting our bets up for the weekend, you know, and we were having a great night.
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“And we got on the dartboard – like I can play darts, I can play – but I just happened to throw nine perfect darts!” The snooker star etched his identify in historical past, in response to himself, and said he would not suppose it will occur once more. “It never happened again. It didn’t happen before and it will never happen again. But it happened.”
He actually had his detractors with one X person writing: “Bull***…that’s what the smell is” whereas one other commented: “I’ve never seen him even hold a dart and the way he tells his story , I’m convinced it’s bull****”.
