jBehave Transaction Problem

PlayerSteps.java

@Component
public class PlayerSteps {
	
	@Resource
	private PlayerManagementService service;
	
	@Resource(name="dwDataSource")
	private DataSource dataSource;
	
	private Player player;
	private Player retrievedPlayer;
	private ExamplesTable playersTable;
	private List<Player> players;
	
	private void insertPlayers(List<Player> players) {
		JdbcTemplate jdbcTemplate = new JdbcTemplate(dataSource);
		for (Player p : players) {
			PersonName name = p.getName();
			PersonAddress address = p.getAddress();
			jdbcTemplate.update("SET IDENTITY_INSERT Player ON");
			jdbcTemplate.update("insert into player (player_id, first_name, last_name, street, city, province, postal_code, created_by_user, last_updated_by_user) " +
				"values (?, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?)",
				new Object[] {p.getId(),name.getFirstName(), name.getLastName(), address.getStreet1(), address.getCity(), 
					address.getProvince(), address.getPostal(), "test", "test" });
		}
		
	}
	
	@Given("the following players: $playersTable")
	public void thePlayers(ExamplesTable playersTable) {
		this.playersTable = playersTable;
		this.players = new ArrayList<Player>();
		for (Map<String, String> row : playersTable.getRows()) {
			Player player = new DataWarehousePlayer(Integer.valueOf(row.get("id")));
			
			PersonName name = new PersonName();
			name.setFirstName(row.get("fname"));
			name.setLastName(row.get("lname"));
			player.setName(name);
			
			PersonAddress address = new PersonAddress();
			address.setStreet1(row.get("street"));
			address.setCity(row.get("city"));
			address.setProvince(row.get("province"));
			address.setPostal(row.get("postal"));
			player.setAddress(address);
			
			players.add(player);
		}
		insertPlayers(players);
	}
	
	@When("a player identified by the ID $playerId is retrieved")
	public void retrievePlayerById(Integer playerId) {
		retrievedPlayer = service.getPlayerById(playerId);
		assertThat(retrievedPlayer, notNullValue());
	}
	
	@Then("the player retrieved has attributes matching exactly those which they were defined with")
	public void checkRetrievedPlayerAttributes() {
		for (Player player : players) {
			assertThat(player.getId(), equalTo(retrievedPlayer.getId()));
			assertThat(player.getName().getFirstName(), equalTo(retrievedPlayer.getName().getFirstName()));
			assertThat(player.getName().getLastName(), equalTo(retrievedPlayer.getName().getLastName()));
			assertThat(player.getAddress().getCity(), equalTo(retrievedPlayer.getAddress().getCity()));
			assertThat(player.getAddress().getPostal(), equalTo(retrievedPlayer.getAddress().getPostal()));
			assertThat(player.getAddress().getProvince(), equalTo(retrievedPlayer.getAddress().getProvince()));
			assertThat(player.getAddress().getStreet1(), equalTo(retrievedPlayer.getAddress().getStreet1()));
		}
	}
	
}