England men’s box lacrosse team Head Coach Walt Christianson has named his 23-player squad heading to Prague, Czechia for the 2025 E-Box Invitational from 2-4 May.

The squad features four players who represented England at last year’s World Lacrosse Box Championships, including captain and most capped player Tom Roche, all-time top goal-scorer Lyndon Bunio, Elliot Leonard, and Ollie Allsop.

Will Allsop and George Dury return to an England squad for the first time since the E-Box Invitational last year after narrowly missing out on final spots in the World Championship squad; Allsop has 17 caps and a European title to his name while Dury has won five caps during his career so far.

Ben Stowe will add to his three England caps during the 2025 E-Box Invitational as the only goalie in the squad after also last featuring for his country at last year’s E-Box Invitational.

Christianson and his coaching team see this year’s E-Box Invitational as the perfect opportunity to help develop the wider England box playing pool as preparations tentatively begin to defend the European Championship title next year with 16 of the 22-strong squad having never played a competitive game for England before.

England will take on long-term European rivals Czechia B/U20 and Germany during the three-day tournament as well as a first competitive fixture against Japan.

The England squad has two training sessions on Sunday 6 April in Sheffield and Sunday 27 April in Oxford before the squad leave for Prague on Thursday 1 May. Players not within the E-Box squad are welcome to attend the sessions with 50% off the entry fee for non-squad players.

Founded in 2015, the annual E-Box Invitational aims to provide international box lacrosse teams with the opportunity to play full, competitive games against various opponents from across the continent outside of major international tournaments.

There are no winners, no points, and no trophies with the goal being the games themselves as well as gaining experience and making new friends.

England has entered a team into the E-Box competition at three of the past three editions (2019, 2023, 2024).

Previous editions of the event have been live streamed and can be re-watched HERE.

England 2025 E-Box Invitational Squad (caps)

Ollie Allsop (5)
Will Allsop (17)
Lyndon Bunio (20)
Archie Carr
Oliver Dawson
Sebastian Di Siena
George Dury (5)
Harry Edwards
Nathan Edwards
Joseph Hodgkins
Ollie Lee
Elliot Leonard (19)
Ryan Martin
Oscar McCarthy
James McIlhagger
George Medd
Jack O’Mahoney
Travis Payne
Tom Roche (39)
Jack Robinson
Ben Stowe (3)
Finn Ward
Kristien Warren

Reserves
Kyle MacQueen (3)
Tyler Rodberg

Staff

England 2025 E-Box Invitational Schedule (all times UK)