Category Archives: Junior News

The Lancshire RFU CRCs will be holding a workshop on Sunday 15th September at Hoppers to ensure Coaches and players are familiar with this seasons new rules of play for Under 9s. The CRCs will be running coaching sessions and games between 10:30am and 12:00pm on the usual Under 9s pitch.  Under 9s from other local […]

1st XV members Sean Taylor and Ally Murray returned from Germany at the weekend after delivering a very successful rugby camp to the children at Paderborn Garrison. The club received the following email this morning from Germany. ”Thank you so much for what can only be described as an absolute success. Both Sean and Ally […]

There are a number of Coach Personal Development (CPD) courses scheduled to be held at Hoppers in the coming weeks. These courses are specifically for coaches looking to progress onto Level 2 or looking to develop themselves in these areas. The courses will be run by Lancs RFU at Preston Grasshoppers, all running from 6:00pm -9:00pm. 16/9/13 […]

Preston Grasshoppers’ first Summer Rugby Camp took place from 24th-26th July and judging by the reaction on social media it was a roaring success! Below are just a selection of the tweets we received on twitter to our @rugbyhoppers account. @chesw71 tweeted ‘My kids really enjoyed the camp well done to all involved.’ @chriswestwell added […]

Preston Grasshoppers’ highly successful Mini/Junior rugby camps will be running again this summer! This is a great opportunity for children to get their rugby fix before the season starts again in September. Both camps run during the summer holidays with the first one taking place on from 30th July – 1st August and the second […]

The RFU are supporting clubs is by funding 75 free places on the Level 1 Coaching Children Rugby Union qualification. Nominations are sought from coaches who will coach in the U7-U12 age range in the 2013-2014 season. Additional Criteria Will be actively involved as a coach of U7 – U12 in the 2013 – 2014 season […]

Sunday saw Hoppers Senior Colts crowned as Lancashire Champions when the lads defeated Southport 44-3 in the final at Fylde. This Sunday sees the team travel to Middlesborough to take on Billingham in the ‘Cock of The North’ Finals. We wish the lads the best of luck!

This weekend saw four of our Junior/Youth teams in action in Cup finals around the county. The U13s and U15s both narrowly won their Blackstick Blue Junior Challenge Cup finals held at Southport. The U13s beat Fylde on a drop goal shoot out after the match finished 5-5 after normal time – this ensured that […]

Preston Grasshoppers RFC Under 16’s are delighted to have been invited to play in a curtain raiser away at Blackburn on Sunday. The match is a fundraiser for the George Claxton Trust and acts as a curtain raiser to the match between Blackburn and the Anti-Assassins. George Claxton was playing rugby for Blackburn Under 15’s last […]

The clubs Senior Colts bring their successful season to a close with three finals over the next three weekends. Showing again that the Mini/Juniors, Sponsored by Hunters, Land Rover, are producing future players for the clubs Senior set up. The current team, captained by Sam Gale, commence the series of games on Sunday 28th when they […]