England’s box lacrosse squad defeated a special All-Star team 11-5 in their final training session before the 2022 European Box Lacrosse Championship in Hannover, Germany.
The game took place at the home of England box lacrosse in the north of England, Skate City in Sheffield, on Saturday 25 June and featured 17 of the final 23-player squad heading out to the Euros in August, including reservist Pete Wilson.
The special All-Star team was made up of selected players including many who have been selected for England box squads in the past, such as Ben Stowe, Will Walker, and Dan Eckersall.
An optional training session with the England squad was offered to the selected All-Star on the Saturday morning before the main event in the evening.
During the match, England were good for the victory, showing their experience, quality, and tactical nous to win the game by a six goal margin and come out on top in three of the four quarters.
Star players for the England team included Ben Page-Laycock and Elliot Leonard who are definitely ones to watch at the European Championship which starts on Saturday 30 July.
You can watch the entire England v All-Stars match over on YouTube HERE.
Final Score: 11-5 (3-0, 3-1, 3-1, 2-3).
England goal-scorers: Leonard 2, Trinh, Buchanan, Jefferies, Watson, Whitehead, Page-Laycock 3.
All-Stars goal-scorers: Harris, Walker, Burke 3.
England
GK
Eliot Pugh
DEF
Will Allsop
Taylor Harrison
Luke Mills
Tom Roche (C)
Matthew Tatton
Ming Trinh
Chris Wainer
Albert Whitehead
ATT
Ben Buchanan
Dave Groves
Caius Jefferies
Elliot Leonard
Ben Page-Laycock
Jamie Powell
Dan Watson
Pete Wilson
All-Star Team
GK
Ben Stowe
Jame Tipple
DEF
Alan Keeley
Danny Hilton
Kieran Garvey
Oli Rogerson
Ben Stothard
Primal Fernando
Kyle Macqueen
Jacob Nichols-Cook
Sam Cooper
Matt Howarth
George Dury
ATT
Seán Keane
Rob Harris
Matt Andruchow
Will Walker
Silas Burke
Will Macdonald
Dan Eckersall
Sam Patterson
Sam Perry
Ollie Allsop