Category Archives: Junior News

Sale Sharks visited Saracens on Saturday and with an hour on the clock Sale introduced 19 year old flanker Andrew Hughes from the bench to replace All Black Dan Braid for what was his fifth 1st XV appearance at Sale. An impressive achievement for such a young player plying his trade in the pack alongside […]

The UCALN Under 16’s Floodlit Cup reaches its climax on Wednesday evening when Lancaster Royal Grammar School and Wirral Grammar School face off against each in the final. Lancaster reached the final with a win over Manchester Grammar whilst Wirral saw off Stonyhurst to book their place. Kick off is at 7pm at Lightfoot Green. […]

It was a busy weekend at Hoppers with all Mini and Junior teams at home except for the U13s. The Minis entertained teams from Bolton and Southport, it was great to see so many players out there. It was round 4 of the Blacksticks Blue Challenge Cup for the Junior teams. The Under 13s won […]

We’ve reached crunch time in the UCLAN U16’s Floodlit Cup this week as Lancaster Royal Grammar School face off against Manchester Grammar School in the 2nd semi-final. The winners will face Wirral Grammar School who overcame Stonyhurst last week 34-0. Kick off is at 6.15PM and admission is free.

All Mini age groups made the journey down to Warrington this weekend.   The Under 12s played really well in three matches against two very strong Warrington sides (as usual) and a much improved Bolton side but narrowly lost all three. Sunday saw Round 3 of the Blacksticks Blue (Lancashire) Cup for the Junior teams; […]

The majority of the Mini/Juniors were training this weekend with only a few age groups playing matches. The U13s visited Leigh and came away with a very hard fought draw 24-24, Hoppers having to dig deep to level the match and hang on against a big Leigh outfit. The U15s hosted Leigh and won 35*-5, […]

Preston Grasshoppers Community Rugby Coach Report October Rugby Camp 28th – 30th This was the first camp we have run during October Half-Term and we are so glad we did! The camp was very successful with over 40 children in attendance ranging from 5 to 13 years of age. As we’ve done in the past, the children were […]

The U7’s hosted Sedgley Park and played very well, both sides were able to focus on development of mixed ability teams. All players enjoyed the mornings runout. The U14s had a busy weekend, playing touring team Market Bosworth on Saturday winning 45-7, then playing at Sedgley Park beating the hosts 28-14 and then fellow visitors […]

It was Blacksticks Blue Cup action again for the Junior teams this weekend. The Under 14s won 19-17 away at Liverpool Collegiate, a hard but quite scrappy game of rugby, great defensive effort from the team meant that Hoppers were fortunate to come away with the win, 2 good finishes for tries by Joe Shield […]

The U7s came away from their second Festival with another trophy, at the Manchester Festival trophies were awarded based on the Rugby Core values with the U7s picking up award for Discipline over their 6 matches played. The U8s visited the Manchester Festival this weekend, enjoying a day out in the sunshine. The U10s also […]