LIST | 5 rugby players who were hugely successful in other sports

The former rugby star won the PDC World Championship tonight, overcoming Gary Anderson in the final to claim the £500,000 prize money. After playing Premiership rugby in Wales, Price hung up his boots to pursue a career in darts. It's fair to say it has gone very well so far.

A Canada international in rugby union, both in 15s and sevens, and winner of a gold medal at the 2010 Winter Olympics in two-woman bobsleigh. In 2016, she was inducted into the World Rugby Hall of Fame at a ceremony that also marked the opening of the Hall's first-ever physical location in Rugby. She was the first Canadian woman and the second Canadian overall, after Gareth Rees, to be inducted into the Hall of Fame

He was Scotland’s granite-hard talisman for a decade, not only as the last line of defence but as a place kicker of unerring accuracy who often proved the difference between sides. In 1996, Hasting joined the Scottish Claymores an American Football team in the NFL Europe. He played a single season as a placekickerscoring 24 of 27 conversions but missed his only attempt at a field goal.

He not only played rugby for Scotland, winning seven caps between 1921 and 1923, he won the 400m gold medal at the 1924 Olympics in Paris. Famously refused to run in the 100m heats, which were held on Sunday due to his religious beliefs as shown in the 1981 film, Chariots of Fire.

Williams has boxed professionally seven times, winning all of his heavyweight bouts. He was the New Zealand Professional Boxing Association (NZPBA) Heavyweight Champion and World Boxing Association (WBA) International Heavyweight Champion, but was stripped of these titles after failing to respond to challenges due to rugby commitments.