England men's national lacrosse team

Summary

The England men's national lacrosse team is one of the premier national teams in Europe and the world having competed at every World Lacrosse Championship since its inception in 1967[1] and having won all but one of the European Lacrosse Championships. Currently the team is ranked 5th in the world.[2] The team is governed by England Lacrosse which has been a full member of World Lacrosse since 1972.[3]

England
AssociationEnglish Lacrosse Association
ConfederationELF (Europe)
Head coachDoug Shanahan
World Championship
Appearances13 (first in 1967)
Best resultRunner-ups (1974)
Websitewww.englandlacrosse.co.uk
Medal record
World Lacrosse Championship
Silver medal – second place 1974 Melbourne
European Lacrosse Championships
Gold medal – first place 1995
Gold medal – first place 1996
Gold medal – first place 1997
Gold medal – first place 1999 Manchester
Gold medal – first place 2000 Glasgow
Silver medal – second place 2001 Cardiff
Gold medal – first place 2004 Prague
Gold medal – first place 2008 Lahti
Gold medal – first place 2012 Amsterdam
Gold medal – first place 2016 Budapest

History edit

The England men's national team has played in every World Lacrosse Championship since 1967, earning a silver medal in 1974. The last world championship to be held in England was the 2010 World Lacrosse Championship, in Manchester, England, where they placed 5th. The men's team has competed in the European Lacrosse Championship since 1995 and has won nine gold medals.

Current roster edit

2023 World Lacrosse Championship edit

Player[4] Position NCAA
Will Baxter Goalie Limestone '22
Hal Dwobeng Goalie
Andrew Baxter Defense
Eric Coburn Defense
Tom Hallam Defense
Tommy Kirkland Defense
Josh Poke Defense Queens '24
Daniel Smith Defense
Jak Wawrzyniak Defense Providence '14
Joe Baythorpe Midfield
Tom Bracegirdle Midfield
Tim Collins Midfield Mount Olive '21
Sam Dexter Midfield
Daniel Jones Midfield High Point '25
Daniel Madeley Midfield
Cameron Major Midfield
Michael Pomfret Midfield
Christian Scarpello Midfield Rutgers '18
Drew Pickerton Attack
Nick DeCaprio Attack
Sean Goldsmith Attack North Carolina '23
Danny Hilditch Attack
Dan Watson Attack

2018 FIL World Championship edit

The following 23 players made up the roster at the 2018 World Lacrosse Championship.[5]

Player # Position Club Team NCAA College
William Baxter 20 Goalie Poynton LC
Hal Dwobeng 1 Goalie Brooklands LC
Andrew Baxter 24 Defender Stockport LC
Alister Berven 88 Defender Oxford University LC Princeton University '17
Joshua Hurry 3 Defender Heaton Mersey LC
Tommy Kirkland 25 Defender Timperley LC
Daniel Smith 4 Defender Cheadle LC
Thomas Brooks 8 FO/LSM Poynton LC Whittier '12
Sam Patterson 26 LSM Stockport LC
Jak Wawrzyniak 10 LSM Heaton Mersey LC Providence '14
Thomas Bracegirdle 21 FO/SSDM Timperley LC
Tim Collins 30 Midfield Brooklands LC Mount Olive '21
Zachary Guy 61 Midfield Heaton Mersey LC Georgetown '14
Peter Hayes 15 Midfield Heaton Mersey LC
William Hardy 22 Midfield Poynton LC
Sam Russell 6 Midfield Poynton LC Whittier '11
Christian Scarpello 14 Midfield Rutgers '18
Joshua Sherry-Brennan 16 Midfield Stockport LC
Ryan Sweetman 17 Midfield Brooklands LC
Ryan Hunns 7 Attack Heaton Mersey LC
Alex Russell 5 Attack Poynton LC LIU Post '20
James Yanes 19 Attack Hofstra '20
Nick Watson 2 Attack Cheadle LC Adelphi '14

References edit

  1. ^ "Men's World Championship History". www.worldlacrosse2014.com. US Lacrosse. Archived from the original on 26 July 2019. Retrieved 26 July 2019.
  2. ^ "World Rankings". World Lacrosse. Retrieved 26 July 2019.
  3. ^ Admin. "Members". World Lacrosse. Retrieved 26 July 2019.
  4. ^ "Final squad for 2023 Men's World Championship announced". England Lacrosse. Retrieved 1 May 2023.
  5. ^ Morgan, Liam (29 December 2017). "England name 23-man squad for 2018 Men's Lacrosse World Championships". inside the games. Retrieved 26 July 2019.