England Box Lacrosse

England Men’s Squad for E-Box 2025

The following players have been selected to represent England Box at E-Box 2025 in Prague.

Goal

Ben Stowe, Welwyn (3 caps*)

Defence

Tom Roche (C), Spencer (39 caps)
Will Allsop, Brooklands (17 caps)
George Dury, Timperley (5 caps)
Archie Carr, Brooklands (0 caps)
Oliver Dawson, Bristol (0 caps)
Harry Edwards, Hillcroft (0 caps)
Joseph Hodgkins, Walcountians (0 caps)
Ollie Lee, Timperley (0 caps)
George Medd, Hillcroft (0 caps)
Travis Payne, Camden (0 caps)
Jack Robinson, Spencer (0 caps)
Kristien Warren, Brooklands (0 caps)

Offence

Lyndon Bunio, Spencer (20 caps)
Elliot Leonard, Wacsbury (19 caps)
Ollie Allsop, Brooklands (5 caps)
Sebastian Di Siena, Hillcroft (0 caps)
Nathan Edwards, Wacsbury (0 caps)
Ryan Martin, Stockport (0 caps)
Oscar McCarthy, Brooklands (0 caps)
James McIlhagger, Brooklands (0 caps)
Jack O’Mahoney, Hillcroft (0 caps)
Finn Ward, Spencer (0 caps)

Reserves

(D) Kyle MacQueen, Hitchin, 3 caps
(O) Tyler Rodberg, Cheltenham, 0 caps

We are delighted to have selected 16 players who will earn their first England Box cap, including 4 who are from the current England U20 field training squad (Carr, McIlhagger, Ward & McCarthy) who are leading into the U20 Field World Championships this summer in South Korea. This demonstrates the ‘development’ nature of the squad, our objective for 2025 E-Box. This will put England in a great position leading up to the 2026 Box Euros with a larger base of domestic players with international box experience.

* denotes number of England Box caps, excluding representation for England field lacrosse national squads

England Men attending E-Box 2025

England Men’s Box Lacrosse is attending the E-Box 2025 tournament in Prague.

E-Box 2025 is later than usual, for this year scheduled after the AHM tournament. Travel days are Thursday 1st May, returning on Monday 5th May, which is a UK Bank Holiday. We have asked for games on Friday, Saturday, and Sunday.

Given no Euro or World box championships in 2025, this year’s trip to E-Box gives us the opportunity to select more of a development squad, with eyes on the 2026 Euros and players we want to see play at the next level. We aim to select a squad of around 20 players comprising a core from the 2024 Worlds squad plus development players.

Training sessions leading into E-Box are as follows.

Sunday 26 January 2025, Oxford, 12:00-16:00
Sunday 16 February 2025, Sheffield, 16:00-19:15
Sunday 6 April 2025, Sheffield, 16:00-19:15
Sunday 27 April 2025, Oxford, 12:00-16:00

The E-Box squad will be selected AFTER the February session, so we expect players to attend either or both the January and February training sessions. This gives selected players sufficient time to arrange work and travel plans for E-Box.

Sessions are open to all players who are eligible to play for England including players who do not want to be considered for the E-Box squad but want to train with the England Box programme.

Provisional E-Box schedule.

Friday 16:00, Czech Republic (B/U20 team), in Radotin
Saturday 19:00, Germany, in Malešice
Sunday 18:00, Japan, in Radotin

ACTION – To sign-up for the training sessions please complete this form.

2024 World Championships Game Results

England Men

England men retained their world ranking of 4th after winning their vital quarter final game against European rivals Czechia. The pool A phase was always going to be challenging, alongside the three powerhouse box nations, but England played in a style that earned respect and set themselves up for the big one against Czechia. Following that, all focus was on the Bronze game. With the half-time score only 4-2 to Haudenosaunee, the game plan was working. Head Coach Walt Christianson prepared the team at half-time for Haudenosaunee to hit them with everything they had on the restart, which they did to win the second half 10-3.

Full stats available from World Lacrosse.

Pool A – Canada – Lost 19-4

Pool A – USA – Lost 3-23

Pool A – Haudenosaunee – Lost 18-2

Quarter Final – Czechia – Won 13-8

Semi-Final – Canada – Lost 20-3

Bronze Game – Haudenosaunee – Lost 14-5

Leading Goal Scorer: Jack Royer, 10 goals

Leading Assists: Lyndon Bunio, 7 assists

Goalies: Cam McLeod, 274 saves (76%) – Jacob Brindle, 43 saves (75%)

England Women

The first ever women’s World Championships saw England finish 5th and the highest placed European team. Two wins and two loses during the pool phase included a dramatic overtime win against Netherlands. That clinched progression to the quarter finals to face Australia, a game that turned out to be a heartbreaker. England had a 4 goal lead at half-time (4-8) but the Aussies smashed the 3rd period with a run of 9 goals. The squad bounced back to beat Ireland and set-up a 5th place game against Germany. This time it was England who fought back from being behind, scoring 5 of the final 6 goals to travel home with that winning feeling.

Full stats available from World Lacrosse.

Pool – Hong Kong, China – Won 15-9

Pool – Haudenosaunee – Lost 6-15

Pool – Netherlands – Won 10-11

Pool – USA – Lost 28-2

Quarter Final – Australia – Lost 19-12

5-8th – Ireland – Won 11-6

5th Place Game – Germany – Won 13-14

Leading Goal Scorer – Alex Drewe, 23 goals

Leading Assists – Lucy Ford, 11 assists

Goalies: Lucy Mayers, 192 saves (71%) – Tabitha Podger, 65 saves (74%)

Women’s Utica 2024 Squad

England Women’s Box Lacrosse has selected the squad players to compete at the World Lacrosse Box Championships 2024, in Utica, USA this September.

In addition to the 23-player squad, a number of non-travelling reserve players have been listed to cover for player injury or other unforeseen circumstances that may force a player with withdraw from the squad.

England have been drawn in Pool A alongside USA, Haudenosaunee, Netherlands, and Hong Kong/China

England Squad

Offence
Laura Beaman (A)
Lucy Ford (A)
Ellie Racle
Katie Greenwood
Rosie Bathurst
Alex Drewe
Georgie Rutter

Transition
Lauren Lewis
Fran Parshall
Laura Wright
Sofia Best
Iandra Lamplugh
Leah Catton

Defence
Annabelle Akintoye (C)
Davina Emetulu
Zara Russell
Rosie Jones
Lexi Reynard
Esme Breach
Lauren Hurley
Helena Prettyman

Goalies
Tabby Podger
Lucy Mayers

Reserves

Heather Cegla
Hannah Foxcroft
Steph Grimes
Claudia Lane
Katya Smith

Men’s Utica 2024 Squad

England Men’s Box Lacrosse has selected the 23 squad players to compete at the World Lacrosse Box Championships 2024, in Utica, USA this September.

For the first time at a World or European Championships, the England defensive unit comprises entirely of domestic players. This demonstrates the progress made in growing the box game since the last World Championships in 2019.

Goalkeeper

Jacob Brindle
Cameron MacLeod

Defence

George Bascom
Thomas Bracegirdle
Tom Hallam
Taylor Harrison
Luke Mills-Doig
Billy Rawlins
Tom Roche
Tom Roper
Matthew Tatton
Ming Trinh
Albert Whitehead

Offence

Oliver Allsop
Ben Buchanan
Lyndon Bunio
Elliot Leonard
Matthew Marsh
Ben Page-Laycock
Jamie Powell
Jack Royer
Corey Small
Dan Watson

England compete in Pool A (Blue Group) with the three strongest nations.

Saturday 21 September: Canada vs England 17:30 (22:30 UK time)
Sunday 22 September: England vs United States 13:00 (18:00 UK time)
Tuesday 24 September: Haudenosaunee vs England 16:00 (21:00 UK time)