O'Connor reveals he's a "Bear Grylls" of the oche!

WILLIAM O’CONNOR reckons he can “survive in the wild” as he bids to end Luke Littler’s Major clean sweep dream.

The classy Irish star has drawn ‘The Nuke’ on Friday night in their opening European Championship clash in Dortmund.

Littler, 19, has got his heart set on winning in Germany to complete the set of every single PDC major title.

But O’Connor, who has an iconic ‘Zombie’ walk-on theme, is clearly made of stern stuff and can face the elements.

When asked which player would survive longest on a desert island? He told Dartshopper: “100 per cent me. Because I can promise you that I am probably the biggest Bear Grylls person in the world.

“I do a lot of hunting, fishing and I can survive in the wild.”

Which player would you take with you? He replied: “Good God, that’s a problem. I don’t know. Who could you bring? I need someone who can work with me. There’s nobody else really into that is there.”

O’Connor prepared for the Littler clash in style with a strong 6-2 win over Michael van Gerwen in the Dutch Championship last weekend.

He went on to lose out to Luke Woodhouse but insisted at the time that no player frightens him.

‘The Magpie’ said: “Listen, there's no player in this world that can intimidate me. If I can play my darts, that's it. Win, lose or draw. I hope they don't come up here and think they can intimidate me because it's the last thing they can do."

O'Connor was magnificent against MVG. He averaged almost 102, smashed three ton-plus finishes and went seven perfect darts into a leg as he sank one of the game's iconic figures.

He said: "It definitely was needed. I think the leg when I missed all those darts when I was on the nine darter, it let Michael back in. If I had won that leg, it might have been a little bit easier, but, look, I'm just happy to get over the line.

“Really, really good player. Obviously one of the best of all time, so to get a win over Michael on home soil is huge to me.”

Images by Taylor Lanning.