Category Archives: Junior News

The Minis had a busy weekend with teams setting off for the Rossendale and Manchester tournaments, some to Tyldesley while the remainder stayed at home for training. The Under 7s had two teams at Rossendale, both progressing to the knock-out stages. One team lost in the Vase quarter final while the other went all the […]

A number of Minis teams went to the Manchester Festival this weekend. The Under 7s had their first experience of Festival rugby and had a great day out, the game against local rivals Fylde being the highlight. It was smiles all round with the reward of certificates from the Sale Sharks players in attendance. The […]

Please note that there is no UCLAN U16’s Floodlit Cup game this Wednesday, 30th September. The competition resumes next week.

Preston Grasshoppers is pleased to announce that it will be offering rugby for girls aged 11-17 starting from this Sunday. Do you know anybody who has been inspired by watching the Rugby World Cup? Let them know that they can come down to Lightfoot Green and try it for themselves from 10.30-12 noon on Sunday. The […]

Hoppers are well represented at Lancashire Under 18s again this season. Lancashire have just released the squad that will play a warm-up game followed by three North Division assessment matches in the coming months. Congratulations to Harry Bashall, Jacob Browne, Oliver Cuerden, Jack Edwards, James Hesketh and Harry Robb who have all made the squad. […]

Saturday 26th September – Tag Festival To celebrate the start of the Rugby World Cup, Hoppers Mini/Juniors are holding a Tag Rugby Festival, open to 6 to 12 year olds, on Saturday 26th September. To enter a team (no experience necessary) contact the office or our Community Rugby Coach, Sean Taylor. Take part in the […]

The UCLAN Floodlit Cup returns for the new season on Wednesday 9th September when Ripley St. Thomas play Birkdale High School at Lightfoot Green, kick off 6.15pm. The UCLAN Under 16’s Floodlit Cup is the leading school competition in the North of England at Under 16’s level with teams travelling from as far as Giggleswick and […]

A lucky Hoppers youngster is counting down the days until he plays a part in the Rugby World Cup. Rory Brooks’ enthusiastic motivational, pre-match speech to the England team has earned him a spot alongside global rugby superstars when England host the event next month. The 11-year-old who is soon to start at Lancaster Grammar […]

Friday 28th August saw the end of the Rugby World Cup Camp and the end of the Hoppers Summer Camps after 5 successful weeks. In the final week, the kids were placed into four World Cup teams; England, Ireland, Wales and New Zealand. They took part in the regular camp activities that have run all […]

Today saw the end of our final week for age 6-13 rugby camps until our World Cup rugby camp which starts on 24th of August and runs for the full week. This week took a similar theme to last week with rugby games in the morning and team activities during the afternoon. Rugby paintball and […]