London Knights and Steelheads will battle it out in next Sunday’s Southern Box Lacrosse (SBL) Winter Box League final after they overcame Thundercats and Heaton Hornets respectively in their final group stage games on Sunday.
London Knights defeated Thundercats 15-4 to complete the group stage with an unbeaten record, scoring 28 and conceding just 14, and finish top of the table while Steelheads put aside a determined Heaton Hornets side 16-12 to edge ahead of Thundercats and finish second.
England international Ben Page-Laycock scored seven as his London Knights side made light work of Thundercats in the opening match on game day 3.
Cai Jefferies managed to hit a brace for Thundercats, taking his total to an impressive 10 for the tournament but it wasn’t enough as his team slipped to a second defeat to finish in third place.
In the late game, England’s Dave Groves was a cut above the rest as he managed eight goals to inspire his Steelheads side to a narrow victory over Heaton Hornets and a place in the final and potential box lacrosse history.
Hornets fought valiantly with Ollie Allsop and Ming Trinh scoring three times each but they couldn’t stop their team from tasting defeat in all three group stage games and finishing fourth in the group.
They’ll now take on Thundercats in a battle for third place when the SBL Winter Box League concludes this Sunday (15 January) with the third place game followed by the hotly anticipated final.
Every single second of finals day will be streamed live on the Lacrosse Live UK YouTube Channel and you can watch all the action so far by clicking the button below!
SBL Winter Box League Finals Day Fixtures (Sunday 15 January)
13:15 | Thundercats v Heaton Hornets
15:30 | London Knights v Steelheads
SBL Winter Box League Top Scorers (so far)
Dave Groves (Steelheads) | 15
Jamie Powell (Thundercats) | 11
Cai Jefferies (Thundercats) | 10
Ben Page-Laycock (London Knights) | 9
Louis Alhage (Steelheads) | 9