154 players have been placed in the four men’s and three women’s teams for Southern Box Lacrosse’s (SBL) upcoming 2024/25 Winter Box League that begins on Sunday 8 December and runs until Sunday 12 January.
Knights, Hornets, Steelheads, and Capitals have been allocated 21 players each while Blaze, Ravens, and Jaguars have been given 23 each with a number of protected players from last year’s competition in the squads.
Almost 30 players across the teams took to the floor for England at the 2024 World Lacrosse Box Championships in Utica, USA where the men and women secured respective fourth and fifth placed finishes.
In the women’s competition, a number of traditional field lacrosse stars, who have had huge success in the sixes version of the sport in competitions like The Fly or for British Lacrosse, have made the leap over to box including England’s Minty Loxton, Emma Savage, Torz Anderson, and Anna Neville.
The 2024/25 Winter Box League season begins on Sunday 8 December at the Oxford Academy 3G Dome with five games across the men’s and women’s competitions.
Knights will be hunting for a third successive Winter Box League title in the men’s event while, in the women’s tournament, Blaze will be hopping to back up their inaugural win last year with another strong performance in 2024/25.
For more information about SBL and the Winter Box League, click HERE.
2024/25 Winter Box League Squads
Knights
Juliusz Bokiej
Oliver Dawson
Harry Edwards
Nathan Edwards (P)
Benjamin Goodfellow
Alex Graham
Joseph Hodgkins
Connor Macmillan
Kyle MacQueen (2)
Dan Martin
Sam Morten
Jack Nichols
Ben Page-Laycock (1)
Jim Parry
Sean Paton
Eliot Pugh (P, G)
Tom Roche (P)
Tyler Rodberg (3)
Daniel Tapec
Will Walker (P)
Albert Whitehead (P)
Coaches | Tom Roche, Johnny Goodfellow
Hornets
Ollie Allsop
Will Allsop (2)
Jacob Brindle (P, G)
Archie Carr
Ben Collins (P)
Toby Deans
Taylor Harrison (P)
Alfie Lee
Ollie Lee
Ryan Martin (1)
Stuart McGregor Dallas (G)
James McIlhagger (3)
Matthew Morgan
Vimal Raval
Thomas Riley
Kane Roderique-Walker
James Small
Pete Smith
James Stansbury
Ming Trinh
James Walker
Coaches | Car Jefferies, Jane Lee
Steelheads
Charlie Albuery (G)
George Bascom (P)
Ben Buchanan (P)
Tom Bracegirdle (1)
Jorel Doherty
Danny Fagan
Thom Gilbrook (3)
James Goldsmith
Seb Grant
Dale Haxton
Patrick Kearney
Jacob Lynch
Paul Milner
Daniel Milson
Iain Murray (P)
Billy Rawlins (2)
Peter Shepherd
Ben Stowe (P, G)
Andy Thomas (P)
Scott Wallace
Ben Young
Coaches | Sean Gibson, Conor Dockery
Capitals
Alex Cooper
Primal Andrew Fernando
Valts Grinsbergs
Dave Groves (G)
Noah Gurzenski (G)
Jan-Oscar Huges
Alan Keeley (P)
Alex Kelly
Andrew Leggett
Connor MacDougall (1)
Cameron Major (1)
Jacob Nichols Cook (3)
Jack O’Mahoney (2)
Anthony Onwuli
Travis Payne (P)
Jamie Powell (P)
Joe Robertson
Ciaran Sinclair
Lyndon Stewart
Thomas Vasquez (2)
Ben Wilson
Coaches | Rob Clark, Lyndon Stewart, Lyndon Bunio
Blaze
Catherine Brightwell-Gibbons
Harriet Brooks
Emily Ann Byrne
Sophie Cara
Emily Chong
Davina Emetulu
Lucy Ford
Isla Hutchinson
Meredith Ingham Clark
Millie Johnson
Issy Keane
Rachel Kewin
Lauren Lewis (2)
Alice Loughran (G)
Minty Loxton
Tiffany McIntire
Frances Parshall (3)
Helena Prettyman
Lilliana Rosales
Georgie Rutter
Emma Savage
Erin Tufnell
Lily Tyler
Jenny Wood
Coaches | Rob Ingham Clark, Lyndon Stewart
Ravens
Annabelle Akintoye
Torz Anderson
Laura Beaman (2)
Phoebe Blakeley-Crewe
Heather Cegla
Anna Farmer
Natasha Gage
Alice Gallagher Boyden
Hannah Gillings
Molly Goldsworthy
Georgie Greenwood
Katie Greenwood
Alys Johns
Claudia Lane
Harriet Mann
Lucy Mayers (G)
Maeve McKenny
Sophie Morrill (3)
Anna Neville
Lexi Reynard
Paige Rushton
Emily Georgia Watkins
Hannah Warren
Coaches | Iain Murray, Eliot Pugh
Jaguars
Alice Balchin
Darcey Bance
Corinne Batho-Newton
Rosie Bathurst
Amy Bolton
Esme Breach
Danielle Costello
Tara Dempsey
Alex Drewe (1)
Tilly Goldsworthy
Steph Grimes
Lauren Hurley
Rosie Jones
Jane Lee (2)
Bea Podger
Tabby Podger (G)
Ellie Racle (3)
Kate Russell
Zara Russell
Katya Smith
Laura Wright
Gabby Wroe
Emma Wu
Coaches | Millie Geddes, Albert Whitehead
Key | (P) = Protected Player, (G) = Goalie, (1) = 1st Round Draft Pick, (2) = 2nd Round Draft Pick, (3) = 3rd Round Draft Pick.