Forge Men and Hustle Women secured top spot in their respective groups after recording 100% winning records at The Fly 2025 ahead of finals weekend in Manchester on Saturday 31 May & Sunday 1 June.
On a beautiful weekend in London at Blackheath Rugby Club, our four sides renewed rivalries across 12 games of high-level Sixes action that entertained the crowds with top quality lacrosse and set the platform for finals weekend and the real crunch fixtures.
The pool stages both reached a perfect climax on Sunday afternoon, as we were treated to repeats of both 2024 finals as straight shootouts for the number 1 rankings between the Forge and Hustle sides.
Forge Men came out on top to underline their status as the reigning champs, but Forge Women were downed by Hustle and will be looking to bounce back at Finals Weekend as they go for an unprecedented fourth consecutive title.
Hustle and Swift Men got us underway for the weekend under the sun with a quality contest that set the standard for the weekend.
Hustle Men took victory, Ryan Hunns leading the way for the weekend with 15 points (12G 3A) and topping the individual points table.
The same teams opened our women’s competition, and Hustle Women set the standard, picking up a 12-7 win, and momentum which they carried through the weekend to win 3/3.
Georgie Southorn, who had a difficult debut year at The Fly in 2024 with two red cards, truly banished all those bad memories to storm to the top of the women’s points table with 13 (9G 4A), four points clear of her nearest competitor.
Our closest game of the weekend came on Saturday evening when Rise Men took down Swift 16-15, recording their first win in the competition since 2023 and announcing their arrival for the 2025 edition.
Forge Women faced stiff competition on Sunday, but overturned a 5-1 deficit against Swift to pull through and win 12-8; but couldn’t quite pull off a comeback against Hustle in their final game, going down 10-12.
However, the real contest will come in Manchester as the two sides will go head-to-head again on Saturday for a direct place in the final.
It will be a similar scenario in the men’s competition as Forge and Hustle will face-off for the direct route to the final on Saturday, though Forge have the upperhand in this battle with a strong 21-16 win on Sunday at Blackheath.
However, all teams are still able to win this year’s competition as and as we saw last year, there is plenty of drama to unfold on Finals Weekend as our finalists emerge and all our teams fight it out for the crown.
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Women’s Results
Hustle 12-7 Swift
Forge 15-12 Rise
Swift 11-9 Rise
Forge 12-8 Swift
Hustle 12-7 Rise
Forge 10-12 Hustle
Men’s Results
Hustle 17-13 Swift
Forge 23-18 Rise
Swift 15-16 Rise
Forge 16-10 Swift
Hustle 18-12 Rise
Forge 21-16 Hustle