Fans stunned by incredibly rare darts feat during Luke Littler vs Brendan Dolan and say ‘haven’t seen that in ages’

FANS couldn’t believe what they were seeing during Luke Littler’s face off with Brendan Dolan at the PDC World Darts Championship.

Dolan pulled off what is an extremely rare shot during the match when he treated those watching on to a “Robin Hood”.

SKY SPORTSBrendan Dolan threw his first dart and hit the treble 20[/caption]

SKY SPORTSHis second throw was so accurate it landed in the back of his first dart and gave him a rare “Robin Hood”[/caption]

A “Robin Hood” is when a player throws their dart and it land in the back of a dart they have already hit on to the board.

The unlikely shot gets its nickname from the story of Robin Hood beating the Sheriff of Nottingham in an archery contest by splitting his arrow down the middle to hit the bullseye.

But unlike the folktale of old it doesn’t help a darts player when they see their shot land in the back of one of their other darts.

Instead they lose their shot and don’t receive any points for the dart which has not pierced the board.

That is because to score points a player’s dart must both come into contact with the board and remain inside of it.

Despite Dolan’s “Robin Hood” not aiding him it still sparked quite the reaction at the Ally Pally with fans excited to see the rare occurrence.

While those watching on the TV screens at home took to social media to react to the extraordinary shot as well.

One wrote: “Brendan with the ‘Robin Hood’ haven’t seen one of those in a while!”

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While a second added: “Haven’t seen a Robin Hood in ages hahaha.”

Everyone had a keen eye on the match regardless of the exciting moment with fans tracking the incredible progress of Luke Littler.

The 16-year-old has shocked the world of Darts by bursting on the scene at the World Championships and kept his stunning run going.

The debutante teenager breezed past Dolan winning 5-1 to book his place in the semi-finals of the competition.

He will now face former world champion Rob Cross tomorrow evening to try and live his dream of making the final.