Jamie Hughes stars for England at Six Nations

Ireland were the hosts this year with the event taking place at the Great Southern Hotel in Sligo,

Hughes won 17 out of 20 games as he took the number of appearances for his country to 12, counting one match each over the weekend.

The 30-year-old, who is ranked No 5 by the BDO, lined up alongside captain Scott Mitchell, Mark McGeeney, James Hurrell and Dennis Harbour.

'Yozza' was named the men's Player of the Tournament, too, and is looking to take his form into this weekend's Gold Cup and Super League national finals at Event City in Manchester.

He said: "I'm used to winning matches with England and all of the other countries seems to step up their game against us.

"It still means a lot to me to play for my country and I always consider it an honour. When I started playing darts, it was my only real ambition.

"I've been performing well of late so, hopefully, I can keep that up. I'm determined to keep on improving and achieve whatever I can in the sport."

England played the home nation first on Friday night, with all of the darters playing each other once over one leg in the only of their fixtures to go the distance under the first-to-13 format.

Hughes scored victories over John Flood and Stephen Lennon, before England endured a wobble losing eight games in a row. Hughes was defeated by Dave O'Connor in this sequence.

He was then part of the fightback, though, beating Michael Meaney and Thomas Concannon as England recovered to prevail 13-12.

Their second clash on Saturday came against Wales, where England booked their place in the knockout stages as Group Two winners.

Hughes rolled over four opponents in Wayne Warren, Mark Layton, Martin Phillips and Jim Williams as England got the job done early with a 13-5 result.

The semi-final took place on Sunday afternoon against Scotland, where Hughes was up and running with verdicts over Craig Quinn and Steve Mitchell.

Alan Soutar handed him his second loss but he rebounded to see off Ross Montgomery, who he also beat in the first round of the last World Championship.

England progressed through a 13-10 scoreline, with two games to spare. Hughes was due to play Steven Ritchie, who is Shifnal-based, in the last tie.

The honours were decided as they were reunited with Wales, where Hughes opened the final by downing Williams for a second time. He did likewise to Phillips.

Warren exacted his revenge, though, before Hughes helped them along again by repeating the trick against Layton.

Former world champion Mitchell's victory over Phillips settled matters at 13-8, just before Hughes was due to meet Nick Kenny at the oche for the first time.

England retained their Six Nations title for a third year running, with Hughes involved in the competition for the first time.