NLC 2023 Summer Division 1 team rosters and broadcast talent revealed as new season gets underway: Toaster returns to UK LoL with Ruddy Esports
Dom Sacco, Senior Editor
Last Updated: 19/05/2025
It’s that time once again – a new season of UK, Ireland and Nordics League of Legends esports is underway: the NLC 2023 Summer Division 1 split.
The Northern League of Legends Championship has been running for a few years now, and gives teams in Northern Europe a chance to compete at a regional level, below the LEC, with a pathway to the EMEA Masters.
With all the rumours over, teams have confirmed their rosters. Two notable UK changes include UK scene veteran ADC Toaster returning to our shores after playing for several years in different regions and on various teams.
Ruddy have also signed Shihan, a top-laner who was once helped by Caedrel in solo queue after going through a bad time.
Here’s a roundup of rosters and broadcast talent for the NLC 2023 Summer Season.
NLC 2023 Summer broadcast talent
The NLC and UK scene has always been home to a plethora of quality broadcast talent, and while a lot of faces have left over the past year, it’s time for a new team.
Wita is on board as host, and Veteran, Roodood and Eragon are analysts.
The NLC 2023 Summer play-by-play casters are Hiprain, Duckling and Middlecott.
📢2023 NLC Summer Talent Announcement
— Arozzi NLC (@NLClol) June 4, 2023
In just two days, the NLC Division 1 teams hit the Rift again, but who will be guiding you through it?
We got many familiar faces returning to the broadcast this split and a new addition in @WitaCasts👇 pic.twitter.com/GSpWMxkN5M
NLC 2023 Summer players / team rosters / announcement posts
The main change this season is UK esports organisation Fourth Wall taking an NLC Division 1 spot, after Division 1 Spring champions Riddle Esports withdrew from the NLC.
This brings the number of UK-based orgs in NLC Division 1 to three (Fourth Wall, Ruddy Esports and Verdant), with one org (Nativz) from Ireland, with the remaining four representing the Nordics.
Here are the NLC 2023 Summer rosters (sourced from the NLC 2023 Season Liquipedia page) and team social media accounts, listed from top to jungle to mid to adc to support.
Domino Esports
- Spooder (Sweden)
- Sjakal (Denmark)
- Clover7 (China)
- 2Axes (Romania)
- Snabi (Sweden)
- Coach: Saiph (USA)
We are very excited to announce our NLC Summer Split 2023 Roster! Welcome everyone!❤
— DMG Esports (@DMGesportGG) June 1, 2023
Top: @Spoodersussi1 🇸🇪
Jg: @uheldigtbrors 🇩🇰
Mid: @Zz_lzg7 🇨🇳
Adc: @2axeslol 🇷🇴
Supp: @SnabiLoL 🇸🇪
Coach: Saiph 🇺🇸
Subs: @Ag0nyP 🇩🇰@Dandomlol 🇭🇺@Lari362 🇫🇮 pic.twitter.com/XoGasEm5Jh
Fourth Wall
- Molto (Egypt)
- Yute (Turkey)
- Erixen (Norway)
- Blink (Spain)
- Chemera (UK)
- Coach: Gary Snail (Sweden)
Nativz
- Shikari (UK)
- Stefan (Serbia)
- Vladi (Greece)
- DenVoksne (Denmark)
- Twiizt (Sweden)
- Coach: Rnglol (UK)
- Coach: ScottyMcScoot (Denmark)
NATIVZ NLC SUMMER ROSTER IS HERE! ☀️
— Nativz (@NativzGG) June 4, 2023
🔝 @ShikariLoL
🌲 @lolStefan98
🧙♂️ @Vladi1v9
🔫 @DenVoksneLoL
🚑 @Twiiztlol
🧑🏫 @Rnglol_
🧠 @ScottyMcScoot
🧑💼 @Rydona_LOL #NativzWin pic.twitter.com/tW0tofLhhf
Nord Esports
- Kackos (Poland)
- Indecision (Bulgaria)
- OMON (Czech)
- Hid0 (Malta)
- Seneca (Sweden)
- Coach: Malau (France)
- Coach: Nico (France)
You've seen our coaches reason behind choosing them, now we will introduce them!
— NORD Esports (@NORDEsports) June 5, 2023
Our 2023 @NLClol Summer Split Roster:
🇵🇱 @KackosLoL
🇧🇬 @Indecisionlol
🇨🇿 @OMON_
🇲🇹 @Hidolol
🇸🇪 @SenecaSupp
🇫🇷 @PerezNicolasLol
🇫🇷 @Malau_lol
Please welcome them to NORD and the NLC! #FORTHENORTH https://t.co/Jgf1GpSx9O pic.twitter.com/sd1V3j496e
Ruddy Esports
- Shihan (UK)
- Zapdo (Germany)
- Envy Carry (Germany)
- Toaster (UK/Lithuania)
- Pui (Romania)
- Coach: Kami (Luxembourg)
Ruddy Summer is all about reminding these guys that our Yé is different to your Yé.
— Ruddy Corporation (@RuddyCorp) June 6, 2023
Introducing:
Top: @SHIHAN_lol
Jungle: @ZapdoLoL
Mid: @EnvyCarry
Adc: @Toasterr123
Support: @LoL_Pui
From guys who had their PC bought by Caedrel. To guys who played in the LEC during black… pic.twitter.com/ZM66E65Bcj
UniQ Esports Club
- ukko2000 (Finland)
- Woldjo (Denmark)
- UniqueCORN (Austria)
- RustySniper (Sweden)
- Poopy (Sweden)
- Coach: ikkine (Finland)
- Coach: Kira (Morocco)
🔴 NLC SUMMER 2023 ROSTER ANNOUNCEMENT 🔴
— UniQ (@uniq_ec) May 29, 2023
WELCOME🤝
🇫🇮 – @ukko_lol
🇩🇰 – @Woldjo_
🇦🇹 – @ItsUniqueC0RN
🇸🇪 – @RustySniper_EUW
🇸🇪 – @PandaGotLost
🇫🇮 – @ikkineLoL
🇲🇦 – @Kira4lol
🇫🇮 – @FlooraPxp
🔴 ⚫️ ⚪️#WeAreUniQ pic.twitter.com/tJuoMEYR86
Vanir
- Kitano (France)
- Pipibaat (Netherlands)
- Harbo (Denmark)
- Liam Cole (Denmark)
- Gaarfield (Romania)
- Coach: Hebsgaard (Denmark)
- Coach: Swagnaros (Denmark)
we stole the graphics just like we'll steal your hearts this split 🧡✌️
— Vanir (@VanirGG) June 6, 2023
please welcome our loving roster for summer split:
⬆️@Kitano_LoL
🌴@Pipibaat_Yarr
🧙♂️@Harbo_lol
🔫@LiamColelol
🥹@GaarfieldO
🚇@Riziki_lol
Staff👇 pic.twitter.com/zH5sb7sY8M
Verdant
- Nille (Finland)
- Taxer (Denmark)
- Knighter (Denmark)
- Guubi (Denmark)
- Wendel (Denmark)
- Coach: Dan Holt (UK)
- Coach: ATN (UK)
We're thrilled to announce our Summer Split roster, with both new and returning players!
— Verdant (@VerdantEC) May 26, 2023
🏝️@NilleLoL
🌲@TaxerLoL
🧙♂️@KnighterLoL
🏹@GuubiLoL
🚑@WendelboLoL
🥕@DanHoltCoach
🧠@AThirstyNerd
👨💼@NDanskmand & @FroomieLoL#ThriveByNature🌿 pic.twitter.com/YiEals5MdV
In terms of a roster tier list for this NLC season, some of the broadcast talent had their say here:
📢That's a wrap
— Arozzi NLC (@NLClol) June 5, 2023
We got some favorites coming into this split, but everything could turn out close!
Also, some teams were hard to predict, with lots of new players. Maybe they will take us all by storm and prove the casters wrong?👀
Time will tell, starting tomorrow🙏 pic.twitter.com/f3iR65BhyV
Division 2 and below in the NLC 2023 Summer Season
Check out our separate article here for more teams in the lower divisions of the NLC this split: G2 Hel, Lionscreed, Jlingz and other orgs to play in NLC Summer 2023 lower divisions as official team list is announced.
The NLC 2023 Summer Season Division 1 will be broadcast each Tuesday and Wednesday on the NLCLoL Twitch channel.
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Dom Sacco, Senior Editor
Dom is an award-winning writer and finalist of the Esports Journalist of the Year 2023 award. He has almost two decades of experience in journalism, and left Esports News UK in June 2025. As a long-time gamer having first picked up the NES controller in the late '80s, he has written for a range of publications including GamesTM, Nintendo Official Magazine, industry publication MCV and others. He also previously worked as head of content for the British Esports Federation.
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