England Lacrosse is delighted to announce the two England squads heading to the 2023 Euro Lax Sixes Cup in Portugal this weekend.
Taking place from Friday 24 to Sunday 26 February at the Vila Real de Santo Antonio in the Algarve region of Portugal, the Euro Lax Sixes Cup, now in its second year, will feature 12 international women’s teams, including two England squads, and eight international men’s teams, including one representing Great Britain.
The competition showcases the new proposed-Olympic and Commonwealth sixes version of lacrosse and, as such, the two England squads are jam-packed full with experienced players who have featured at The Fly and other sixes competitions over the past three years.
No less than 17 of the 27 players heading to Portugal have featured at The Fly since 2021 with 10 already ear-marked to play at the tournament again this year.
Seven of the squad have had a taste of the Euro Lax Sixes Cup before when they competed for England U23 at last year’s competition while a further eight represented the two British Lacrosse sides that eventually played each other in the final in 2022.
And the teams will be led this year by England senior women’s Head Coach and Head Coach of Rise at The Fly 2023, Michael Molster, who will be assisted by Hustle’s 2023 Assistant Coach, Georgie Hurt as well as Richard Lalor, and Harriet Rogers.
England White will take on Italy and England Red will play Netherlands in their opening group-stage fixtures on Friday before the former take on Germany Black and the latter play Belgium later in the day before the knockout rounds begin on Saturday.
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England Red
Laura Beaman
Emma Brown
Alex Cant
Ella Cohen
Tara Dempsey
Anna Featherstone
Minty Loxton-Barnard
Zoe Lovibond
Anna Neville
Lizzie Rutherford
Livy Schellekens
Maddy Sketchley
Hannah Thurston
Liv Wimpenny
England White
Anna Boyne
Millie Hughes
Ella Malik
Emma Oakley
Alice Ripper
Zara Russell
Emma Savage
Tilly Shires
Georgie Southorn
Liv Thomas
Eleanor Williams
Sofia Wise
Julie Wise