National Teams

There have been men’s and women’s Irish National Lacrosse teams dating as far back as the late 1800s. While there has not been a continuous history of these teams, our current (modern era) history of teams goes back to 2001, starting with the Men’s Senior National team.

• Men’s Senior National Team – modern team has existed since 2001
• Women’s Senior National Team – modern team has existed since 2005
• Men’s Box National Team – international debut in 2007
• Men’s U19/20/21 National Team – international debut in 2016
• Women’s U19/20/21 National Team – international debut in 2019
• Women’s Box National Team – international debut in 2024
• Women’s 6s National Team – international debut in 2025
• Men’s 6s National Team – international debut in 2026
• Men’s U20 Box National Team – coming in 2027!
• Women’s U20 Box National Team – coming in 2027!
• Men’s U20 6s National Team – coming soon!
• Women’s U20 6s National Team – coming soon!

To start registration for any National Team Evaluation, you must have an active Ireland Lacrosse Membership. CLICK HERE to sign up, or renew your membership today.

Information regarding National Team eligibility is also available via the High Performance section of the website.

Anti-Doping

Ireland Lacrosse takes anti-doping very seriously and works to ensure compliance with all requirements as stipulated by relevant authorities, including World Lacrosse.

For further detailed information see World Lacrosse Anti-Doping.

Athlete Expression

See International Olympic Committee (IOC) Olympic Charter (2023) (Article 50.2 states, “No kind of demonstration or political, religious or racial propaganda is permitted in any Olympic sites, venues or other areas.“) and IOC-Athlete-Expression-Guidelines (2024). Other World Lacrosse policies of relevance include:

• Code of Ethics (section 1.11) of the World Lacrosse Constitution
• WL Athlete Code of Conduct
• WL Team Staff Code of Conduct
• WL Officials Code of Conduct
• WL Team Uniform Policy