England men's national lacrosse team

England

Association	English Lacrosse Association
Confederation	ELF (Europe)
Head coach	Sam Patterson
World Championship
Appearances	13 (first in 1967 )
Website	www.englandlacrosse.co.uk
Medal record European Lacrosse Championships 1995 1996 1997 1999 Manchester 2000 Glasgow 2001 Cardiff 2004 Prague 2008 Lahti 2012 Amsterdam 2016 Budapest

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 Baxter	Goalie	Limestone '22
Hal Dwobeng	Goalie
Andrew Baxter	Defense
Eric Coburn	Defense	Marquette University '18
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 Bickerton	Attack
Nick DeCaprio	Attack	Michigan University '19
Sean Goldsmith	Attack	North Carolina '23
Danny Hilditch	Attack
Dan Watson	Attack

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 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

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.