The Northern League of Legends Championship (NLC) has announced the broadcast talent lineup for the Summer Split.
Featuring British talent of Samuel ‘Initialise’ Hapgood, Jake ‘Hiprain’ Matthews, Adrian ‘Jamada’ Wharlton-Thorne, and Adam ‘Eragon’ Harney.
Meanwhile, teams are finalising their rosters for the final split of the season, including British teams Bulldog Esports and Verdant.
NLC Summer Split broadcast talent announcement
For the NLC 2025 Summer Split, the usual favourites return for another season.
This includes the return of popular British broadcast talent.
Jake ‘Hiprain’ Matthews will once again join the NLC broadcast off the back of the NLC Spring Finals in Copenhagen.
Joining him will be former LEC broadcast talent Samuel ‘Initialise’ Hapgood, Adrian ‘Jamada’ Wharlton-Thorne, and Adam ‘Eragon’ Harney.
Initialise having recently cast the LEC Spring Playoffs alongside fellow British caster, Alex ‘Nymaera’ Hapgood.
While Jamada formerly cast China’s LPL before Riot Games ended the official English broadcast in favour of co-streaming.
The full list of broadcast talent is:
- Alexandre ‘Archarom’ Maia
- Andreas ‘Duckling’ Gents
- Georgia ‘Troubleinc’ Paras
- Samuel ‘Initialise’ Hapgood
- Jake ‘Hiprain’ Matthews
- Adrian ‘Jamada’ Wharlton-Thorne
- Alisia ‘Solari’ Linnik
- Adam ‘Eragon’ Harney
NLC teams lock in rosters for Summer Split
Meanwhile, the NLC teams are working to finalise their rosters for the coming Summer Split.
Nord Esports were one of the earliest teams to announce their new roster.
Bringing in Artur ‘Zwyroo’ Trojan, Gian ‘Hid0’ Caruana, and Erik ‘Treatz’ Wessén.
After the announcement, their former bot laner, Nihat ‘Innaxe’ Aliev, shared that he would take a competitive break.
Verdant also announced its roster just over a week later.
Performing almost an entire roster reshuffle with Enzo ‘SLT’ Gonzalez, Daniel ‘D4nKa’ Golzmann, Nam ‘Devn’ Nguyen, and Tore ‘Tore’ Eilertsen
Elsewhere, it was reported and later confirmed by co-owner Alex ‘Jolly’ Jolly, that Bulldog Esports would see the additions of Julien ‘Artanis’ Poisson and Julien ‘Dream’ Jasses.
The rest of the NLC teams are yet to reveal their Summer Split rosters.
Fans might assume that British-owned Los Ratones will retain their roster for the upcoming season.
However, the team’s owner, Marc ‘Caedrel’ Lamont, revealed that the players could leave when they wanted.
Sharing that none of the players have obtuse buy-out clauses in their contracts.
NLC 2025 Summer Split to return
NLC 2025 Summer kicks off with the Summer Seeding later this month, to determine teams’ placement in the Summer Playoffs.
The Grand Finals of NLC Summer will be held in Stockholm, Sweden, after the success of the Spring Finals in Copenhagen.
Los Ratones enter as the favourites, after securing both NLC and EMEA Masters Spring titles.
Nord Esports will also be favoured on LoL betting sites with their consecutive NLC finals appearances.
Meanwhile, British teams Ruddy Sack and Verdant will look to build momentum from their previous successes during the Spring Playoffs.
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