England men's national lacrosse team explained

England
Association:English Lacrosse Association
Confederation:ELF (Europe)
Coach:Doug Shanahan
World Championship Apps:13
World Championship First:1967
World Championship Best:Runner-ups (1974)

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]

History

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

2023 World Lacrosse Championship

!Player[4] !Position!NCAA
Will BaxterGoalieLimestone '22
Hal DwobengGoalie
Andrew BaxterDefense
Eric CoburnDefense
Tom HallamDefense
Tommy KirklandDefense
Josh PokeDefenseQueens '24
Daniel SmithDefense
Jak WawrzyniakDefenseProvidence '14
Joe BaythorpeMidfield
Tom BracegirdleMidfield
Tim CollinsMidfieldMount Olive '21
Sam DexterMidfield
Daniel JonesMidfieldHigh Point '25
Daniel MadeleyMidfield
Cameron MajorMidfield
Michael PomfretMidfield
Christian ScarpelloMidfieldRutgers '18
Drew PickertonAttack
Nick DeCaprioAttack
Sean GoldsmithAttackNorth Carolina '23
Danny HilditchAttack
Dan WatsonAttack

2018 FIL World Championship

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

!Player!#!Position!Club Team!NCAA College
William Baxter20GoaliePoynton LC
Hal Dwobeng1GoalieBrooklands LC
Andrew Baxter24DefenderStockport LC
Alister Berven88DefenderOxford University LCPrinceton University '17
Joshua Hurry3DefenderHeaton Mersey LC
Tommy Kirkland25DefenderTimperley LC
Daniel Smith4DefenderCheadle LC
Thomas Brooks8FO/LSMPoynton LCWhittier '12
Sam Patterson26LSMStockport LC
Jak Wawrzyniak10LSMHeaton Mersey LCProvidence '14
Thomas Bracegirdle21FO/SSDMTimperley LC
Tim Collins30Midfield Brooklands LCMount Olive '21
Zachary Guy61Midfield Heaton Mersey LCGeorgetown '14
Peter Hayes15Midfield Heaton Mersey LC
William Hardy22Midfield Poynton LC
Sam Russell6MidfieldPoynton LCWhittier '11
Christian Scarpello14Midfield Rutgers '18
Joshua Sherry-Brennan16Midfield Stockport LC
Ryan Sweetman17Midfield Brooklands LC
Ryan Hunns7AttackHeaton Mersey LC
Alex Russell5AttackPoynton LCLIU Post '20
James Yanes19AttackHofstra '20
Nick Watson2AttackCheadle LCAdelphi '14

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Men's World Championship History . www.worldlacrosse2014.com . US Lacrosse . 26 July 2019 . 26 July 2019 . https://web.archive.org/web/20190726135426/http://www.worldlacrosse2014.com/history/index . dead .
  2. Web site: World Rankings . World Lacrosse . 26 July 2019.
  3. Web site: Admin . Members . World Lacrosse . 26 July 2019.
  4. Web site: Final squad for 2023 Men's World Championship announced . 2023-05-01 . England Lacrosse . en-GB.
  5. News: Morgan . Liam . England name 23-man squad for 2018 Men's Lacrosse World Championships . inside the games . 26 July 2019 . 29 December 2017.