England men's box players embrace after goal

The England men’s box lacrosse team heads to Prague, Czechia this weekend for the 2025 E-Box Invitational event.

Over the course of the three day event taking place from Friday 2 to Sunday 4 May, England will take on Czechia B/U20, Germany, and, for the first time ever in a competitive fixture, Japan.

The 23-player squad, that includes four players who represented England at last year’s World Lacrosse Box Championships, also features 16 players who are yet to receive a single cap for the national side.

The competition comes just days after England Lacrosse announced that Walt Christianson will be continuing in his role as England men’s box lacrosse team Head Coach until at least the end of next year’s Euros.

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 begin to defend the European Championship title next year.

While there is no official England women’s team entering ShE-Box this year, several English women’s players are heading to Prague to take part in the competition.

Claudia Lane and Emily Chong will feature for the Women’s Box Lacrosse Global Network team and Lauren Lewis, Rosie Bathurst, Leah Catton, Lexi Reynard, and Georgie Rutter will compete for Scotland.

Annabelle Akintoye, Torz Anderson, Laura Beaman, Phoebe Blakeley-Crewe, Holly Dodds, Millie Johnson, Rosie Jones, Sandra Lamplugh, Jane Lee-Whitehead, Harriet Mann, Ellie Racle, Laura Wright, Helena Prettyman, Davina Emetulu, Francesca Parshall, and Lucy Mayers will all compete at ShE-Box as an Athletes for England team.

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 four editions (2019, 2023, 2024).

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

For more information about the England box lacrosse programme, click 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)