Category Archives: Junior News

All Minis made the journey up to Kirkby Lonsdale this weekend. The U11s really played well and earned a resounding victory, but more important than the result was the way they played – putting into practice some of the things they have been trying in training… great stuff!  U12s won 3 out of the 4 […]

Mini / Junior fixtures for Sunday 12th January are: All Minis (7s – 12s) AWAY at Kirkby Lonsdale Under 13s HOME to East City Saints  (Cup) Under 14s AWAY at Southport  (Cup) Under 15s HOME to Sefton Under 16s HOME to Sedgley Park Junior Colts HOME to Vale of Lune Senior Colts HOME to Sandbach

Only the Colts were in action on the first weekend of 2014: The Junior Colts slipped to a 49-8 home defeat to Lymm, it has been a tough season in the top Junior Colts division for Hoppers, and they will be looking for strong performances in their last 3 games of the league. The Senior […]

Mini / Junior fixtures for Sunday 5th January Under 6/7  training Under 8s    training Under 9s    training Under 10s  training Under 11s  training Under 12s  training Under 13s training Under 14s training Under 15s HOME to Brodleians  training Under 16s AWAY at Ormskirk Junior Colts HOME to Lymm Senior Colts AWAY at Warrington

Mini / Junior fixtures for Sunday 22nd December:   UPDATED Under 7s and 8s no training or fixture Under  9s    ¦   ALL FIXTURES AT LEIGH CANCELLED Under 10s   ¦  DUE TO WATERLOGGED PITCHES Under 11s   ¦   Contact age group manager for weekend arrangements Under 12s   ¦ Under 13s   training Under […]

The Minis entertained various teams from Kendal, Ormskirk and Rossendale this weekend.  The Under 11s started well against Kendal, moving the ball nicely and retaining possession to take a strong lead eventually running in 6 tries (3 converted), but then, as Kendal found their feet and started to gel with their borrowed players Hoppers began […]

Mini / Junior fixtures for Sunday 15th December   Under  7s  HOME to Kendal Under  8s  HOME to Kendal Under  9s  HOME to Kendal Under 10s  HOME to Kendal Under 11s  HOME to Kendal Under 12s  HOME to Ormskirk    Under 13s  AWAY at Sefton Under 14s  HOME to Warrington Under 15s  training Under 16s  […]

Most of the Minis were away at Vale of Lune this weekend.  The Under 11s beat Vale twice putting in a greatly improved performance in ball wining and retention over recent weeks allowing the backs to start passing the ball arround and dominating for long periods of the game. The Under 12s won 2 tries […]

Mini / Junior fixtures for Sunday 8th December:   Under 7s to Under 12s AWAY at Vale of Lune   Under 13s AWAY at Warrington Under 14s  training Under 15s  training Under 16s  training   Junior Colts HOME to Altrincham Senior Colts AWAY at Caldy

The Minis entertained Warrington this weekend. The Junior teams were in Blackstick Blue (Lancashire) Cup Round 4 action this weekend.  the Under 13s had a good win away at Sedgley Park 34-5, Hoppers were expecting a hard game but a strong first half performance gave Hoppers a 29-0 half-time lead, 2nd row Josh Fowler taking […]