Category Archives: Junior News

Hoppers Summer Camps started last week and have got off to a great start. The first 5 days have flown by despite the weather with the kids enjoying every minute! Activities have included rugby cricket, rugby golf along with contact and tag games Wednesday saw the arrival of UK Military School. An inflatable assault course was […]

We are delighted to announce the dates for this summer’s camps here at Hoppers! We have reviewed our formats and have added in some new and exciting content including one day a week run by UK Military Schools. The changes include: • Run 5 days a week • Still based and themed around rugby but we will […]

Preston Grasshoppers RFC is delighted to announce that Sean Taylor has rejoined the club on a 2 year contract after spending last season with Northern Irish club Ballymena RFC. During his first spell with the club Sean broke the record for the most points in a season by a Preston Grasshoppers player when he racked […]

Saturday evening saw the 7 senior rugby sides plus 2 Colts sides gather in the clubhouse for the end of season dinner. The evening, hosted by Chairman of Rugby Bill Bailey, was a celebration of all the teams and what they have achieved this season as well as offering a chance to recognise individual contributions […]

The Minis were on tour this weekend visiting Middlesbrough and taking in the Darlington Tournament. The Under 7s were on their first ever tour beating competitive Middlesbrough on Saturday and put together an excellent set of results against various teams from the North East at the Darlington Festival, the development in the players skills was […]

Preston Grasshoppers RFC came into the May Bank Holiday weekend with a chance of some serious silverware but nobody at the club could have predicted quite how successful the weekend would turn out to be. On Saturday the 2nd and 3rd XV’s headed for Sandbach to play Vale of Lune and Leigh respectively in the […]

It was Minis Festival day on Sunday at Hoppers – over 400 players descended on Lightfoot Green in glorious sunshine – thanks to all the volunteers that made it a great day for everyone. On the pitch the Under 6’s stepped in to help out at the Festival as a team dropped out. 12 of […]

The silverware was on its way to Lightfoot Green this weekend after two of our teams won their finals on Sunday. The Under 15s beat Eccles 50-19 in the Blacksticks Blue Lancashire Junior Challenge Cup final held at Southport, thats three years in a row now for this squad while the Junior Colts were in action […]

The Under 15’s are in Cup Final action on Sunday when they travel to Southport to play in the Lancashire Cup Final against Eccles, kick off is at 1.30pm. On the same day at 2pm the Junior Colts are also in Cup Final action at Eccles when they take on Chester in the League Bowl Final. […]

Four of the Hoppers Junior Colts featured for Lancashire U17s on Sunday in the game against Cheshire which was held at Blackburn RFC. Lancashire ran out 43-7 winners with the Hoppers boys all in the starting lineup. Harry Robb (hooker) captained Lancashire with James Hesketh (No.8), Jacob Browne (outside centre) and Jack Edwards (flanker) along […]