England players celebrating after winning 2025 Home Internationals Series

England Lacrosse is delighted to announce the 22-player squad selected for the 2025 World Lacrosse Men’s U20 Championship in Jeju, Korea.

10 of the 22-strong squad represented England at last year’s Men’s U20 European Championship in Wroclaw, Poland where they finished as runners-up after defeat to Ireland in the final.

England head into the tournament, taking place from 15-24 August, as number six in the world after a sixth place finish at the 2022 Men’s U21 World Championship in Limerick, Ireland three years ago.

In addition to the 22 squad players, Head Coach Mike Armstrong and his coaching team have selected four non-travelling reserves who will be on hand should any player in the main squad need to withdraw before the competition.

With an average age of 19, the squad strikes a balance between experienced athletes and younger players with many being right at the beginning of their Men’s U20 Programme journey, meaning they will also be available for selection in two years’ time for the next European Championship.

Head Coach Mike Armstrong said:

“We’re really happy to have the group that we’ve got for the summer and we’re ready to make the most of the competition and the opportunity in August in Korea.

“We looked at last year’s Euros as a stepping stone and to have a number of players who have been to a competition before is a really big value for us because they now know what to expect a little bit.

“The new players have had experience of international lacrosse over a couple of days at the Home International Series in April but to be able to gain experience of doing that over two and a half weeks as a young athlete really sets them up for what comes next in their lacrosse careers.”

Watch our full interview with Mike Armstrong HERE.

For more information about the squad and the World Championship, click HERE.

2025 World Lacrosse Men’s U20 Championship England Squad

Wil Baker
Ellis Baythorpe
Leo Baythorpe
Will Brown
Alex Cartwright
Archie Carr
Jackson Davies
Jack Dearden
Archie Gold
Will Hodgson
Ben Jackson
Spencer Mason
Oscar McCarthy
James McIlhagger
Jamie Mochan
Joachim Ruby
Owen Shuttleworth
George Smith
Zak Spreckley
James Thompson
Alex Tyldesley-Worster
Drew Wilkinson

Reserves

Luke Bond
Ollie Daniels
Finn Howie
Dan Teal

Staff