It’s all to play for in the 2023 North v South box lacrosse series as the event comes to a conclusion with a third and final match this weekend and the teams currently tied with one win each.
Taking place at the Oxford Academy School, Oxford on Sunday 29 October, both teams head into the final game knowing that a win will secure a famous series victory.
The North Team will be looking to bag their first ever series win after the South Team claimed a 2-1 series victory in the first 2021 competition.
And the North Team head into this final encounter with confidence after a win last time out saw them level the series and set up a grand slam finish.
After a 7-6 victory for the South Team in Macclesfield in the opening game of the series that saw the South’s Louis Alhage score four including a dramatic last minute winner, the North Team regrouped for the second game at the Oxford Academy School where they came through 7-4 winners thanks to a hat-trick of goals from England star Elliot Leonard.
The game is also doubling up as the fourth and final trial session for the England men’s box lacrosse team ahead of the 2024 World Lacrosse Box Championships in Utica, USA, next year.
A North v South development game will be played before the senior event to give those younger and less experienced players the opportunity to play box lacrosse and become comfortable with that format of the game.
As with the senior event, the development series is also tied at 1-1 after the South Team’s 11-3 win in the opening game was cancelled out by a 4-3 victory for the North Team on game day 2.
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