Category Archives: Junior News

This Sunday sees 4 Hoppers junior sides in cup-final action! U13’s and U15’s The U13’s and U15’s are in Lancashire Cup Final action on Sunday at Southport Rugby Club. Fylde are the opponents for the U13’s with an 11.00am kick off. The Under 15’s must overcome Manchester if they are to be crowned champions in […]

Mini / Junior fixtures for 20th and 21st of April Saturday 20th April Under 14s HOME to Wharfdale 12.00 KO Sunday 21st April Under 7s AWAY at Tyldesley Under 8s AWAY at Tyldesley Under 9s training Under 10s AWAY at Tyldesley Under 11s AWAY at Tyldesley Under 12s HOME to Otley Under 13s training Under […]

Hoppers Under 11s and Under 12s took part in the Finals day of the Lancs Minis Festival cup held at Leigh on Sunday, both sides qualified for Finals day after a weather interupted qualifying campaign. The Under 11s lost their opening pool game but recovered to post two wins and qualify for the semi-final as […]

Mini / Junior Fixtures for 13th/14th April Saturday 13th Under 11s HOME to Stratford (on tour) noon KO Sunday 14th Under 7s, 8s and 9s AWAY at Vale Festival Under 10s HOME to Rossendale Under 11s HOME to Rossendale & Sedgley Park Under 12s HOME to Rossendale & Sedgley Park Under 13s HOME to Leigh […]

Mini / Junior fixtures for 6th/7th April Saturday 6th April: Junior Colts HOME to Twickenham KO 12.30pm Sunday 7th April: Under 7s, 8s, 9s and 10s AWAY at Wigan Under 11s and 12s in Festival Finals at Leigh under 13s HOME to Liverpool St Helens under 14s training under 15s training under 16s AWAY at […]

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. 15/4/13 […]

Both the Under 11s and Under 12s reached the Finals day of the Lancs Mini’s Festival cup after a weather interupted qualifying campaign. The Under 11s won all six of their pool games conceeding only 7 points to qualify in style as North Lancs pool winners. The Under 11s have a reputation to uphold on […]

Mini / Junior Fixtures for Sunday 24th March *** UPDATED *** Under 7s    Training Under 8s    Training Under 9s    HOME to Aldwinians Under 10s  HOME to Aldwinians Under 11s  HOME to Aldwinians Under 12s  HOME to Ormskirk Under 13s  Training Under 14s  HOME to Waterloo Under 15s  HOME at Waterloo Under 16s  Training Junior Colts      […]

Main Match Sponsor We are delighted to welcome Tom Barron Farms to Lightfoot Green this Saturday as the main match sponsor for the game against Luctonians. Tom Barron Farms have a very close connection to the club with CEO Neil Leeming being a former 1st XV captain and later Chairman of Rugby at Preston Grasshoppers. […]

Three of Hopper’s Junior teams were in Cup semi-final action at Lightfoot Green on Sunday. The U16s took on Manchester in a repeat of last years U15s Final – unfortunately, Hoppers lost out this time 12-7 in a closely fought game in front of a large crowd. The U15s faced local rivals Fylde and came […]