Good luck to all The Fly alumni at 2025 Men’s Euros!
The Fly would like to wish a huge good luck to every single one of our alumni taking part in the upcoming 2025 Men’s European Championship in Wrocław, Poland.
The competition, which takes place from Wednesday 9 to Saturday 19 July 2025 in Poland’s fourth largest city, will feature no less than 37 players and coaches who have stepped onto the field at The Fly over the past five seasons.
It’ll be the first full Men’s Euros since 2016 when England defeated Israel 7-6 in the final to secure an unprecedented ninth title and will feature 25 nations split into five groups of five for pool play.
The 37 The Fly players and coaches involved in the 2025 Euros are (click on their name for more about their The Fly career):
England
Mike Bartlett (Forge 2021 Head Coach)
William Baxter (Rise 2021 and Swift 2025 Player)
Drew Bickerton (Rise 2023, 2024, 2025 Player)
Vince Cara (Rise 2021 Head Coach)
Tim Collins (Hustle 2025 Player)
Nick DeCaprio (Hustle 2025 Player)
Dan Flisk (Hustle 2021, 2022, 2023, and Rise 2025 Player)
Tom Hallam (Forge 2021 and Swift 2025 Player)
Danny Hilditch (Swift 2021, 2024, 2025 Player)
Grady Jackson-Fayle (Rise 2024 Player)
Ed Loveland (Hustle 2024 and Forge 2025 Player)
Dan Madeley (Forge 2021 Player)
Cam Major (Rise 2023, 2024, 2025 Player)
Blair Pachereva (Hustle 2025 Player)
Sam Patterson (Hustle 2021, 2023, 2024 Head Coach)
Josh Poke (Hustle 2021, 2023, Rise 2024, and Swift 2025 Player)
Will Prescott (Rise 2021, 2023, 2024, 2025 Player)
Tom Roper (Rise 2021, 2023, and Forge 2024, 2025 Player)
Alex Russell (Rise 2021, and Hustle 2023, 2024, 2025 Player)
Will Shirt (Hustle 2021, Rise 2023, and Swift 2025 Player)
Matt Tatton (Rise 2021 Player)
Dan Watson (Forge 2021, 2024, 2025, and Swift 2023 Player)
Germany
Rintaro Fujita (Swift 2025 Player)
Justin Wismer (Swift 2024, and Forge 2025 Player)
Netherlands
Thomas Haitsma (Rise 2025 Player)
Scotland
Tobias Cleaver-Ross (Rise 2024, and Swift 2025 Player)
Jack Crawley (Hustle 2025 Player)
Thom Gilbrook (Swift 2025 Player)
Alex Harper (Forge 2024 Assistant Coach)
Morgan Brown (Swift 2023, Forge 2024, and Rise 2025 Player)
Wales
Aaron Davy (Rise 2023, and Swift 2024 Player)
Joe Harris (Rise 2024 Player)
Steve McDermott (Rise 2023, 2025, and Swift 2024 Assistant Coach)
Tom Porter (Forge 2022 Player)
Tomos Rosser (Swift 2021, Forge 2022, 2025, and Rise 2024 Player)
Josh Simpson-Pink (Rise 2021, and Swift 2025 Player)
Alex Williams (Rise 2024 Assistant Coach)
For more information about the competition, click HERE.