International - New Zealand Darts Masters
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by Devesh Jaganath | in Darts Predictions
The second match at the 2025 New Zealand Darts Masters will see Josh Rock take on John Hurring on Friday. The winner of this match between Rocky and the Danger will move on to face Gerwyn Price or Jonny Tata in the next round. Let's get into the match prediction.
Josh Rock made an impressive start to his first appearance on the 2025 World Series, beating Simon Whitlock 6-1 at the Australian Darts Masters last week.
Unfortunately, he ran into Stephen Bunting thereafter, who has been on fire in the World Series this year and lost to the Bullet 6-0 in the quarter final.
Still, Rocky has been in excellent shape in 2025 and has won 10 of his last 15 matches across all competitions. During this period, he also partnered Daryl Gurney to glory at the World Cup.
Meanwhile, John Hurring is set to make his first televised tournament experience since last year's Australian Darts Masters, where he was thumped 6-0 by Damon Heta.
The danger also conceded a first-round defeat in Australia in 2023, bowing out to Rob Cross, who has got the better of him in two of his three world series appearances.
Given Rocks' form of late, Hurring is going to need to produce the performance of a lifetime to get to the next round this weekend.
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Josh Rock - John Hurring Key Points
- Josh Rock has won 10 of his last 15 matches across all competitions.
- Josh Rock has reached two tournament semi-finals and has won one title this year.
- Josh Rock averages 98.05 while Hurring averages 80.77.
- Josh Rock is ranked 12th in the PDC Order of Merit.
- John Hurring has never won a PDC World Series matchup.
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Our Josh Rock vs John Hurring Prediction
Josh Rock was one of our outside picks to win the Australian Darts Masters last week, but he ran into top seed Stephen Bunting and looked completely out of sorts. However, the time at the oche on the big stage would have done wonders for his nerves.
Rocky has developed a reputation for starting tournaments exceptionally well, as we saw last weekend. We are expecting him to produce another commanding performance en route to victory over Hurring in this one. Our Josh Rock vs John Hurring prediction is Josh Rock -2.5.
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