Category Archives: Junior News

The weekend highlight was without doubt the U18s International on Sunday with a massive turn-out from the Mini/Junior section. The morning kicked off with the Under 6s, Under 7s and Under 12s entertaining the gathering crowd with their rugby skills on the AGP. The Under 12s in particular had a great morning of rugby on […]

A number of Minis teams made the journey over to Altrincham this weekend while there was Cup action for some of our Junior teams. The Under 7s squad travelled to Altrincham at the weekend. Despite the threat of rain and poor pitch conditions, none were deterred and we arrived 12 strong. The conditions were tough, […]

It was a weather disrupted weekend with many games cancelled due to waterlogged pitches but the AGP allowed us to put on rugby for a significant number of our Minis and Juniors. The Under 7s team welcomed a large, formidable squad from Waterloo. With a similarly strong squad we fill all three pitches at our […]

Widnes were the opponents for most of our Mini and Junior teams last weekend. The Under 7s hosted a small squad from Blackpool at home on the Tulketh indoor pitch. It was great to see the determination of the Blackpool squad who fought hard to break through a strong Hoppers defence. Once again Hoppers defensive game […]

The Minis faced Stockport this weekend, while the Junior sides wrapped up their Lancashire Junior Challenge pool matches. The Under 6s and Under 7s continued their training at Tulketh, where game play focused on some key skills. As well as scoring trys players were awarded double points for moving into space and drawing in defenders, […]

Friday night saw the Annual Sportsman’s Dinner in aid of the Mini/Junior rugby section, the event was again well supported with over 200 people attending. MC Malcolm Lord and Special Guest speaker, England World Cup Winner, Neil Back entertained the audience. Neil also presented the Knee High to a Grasshopper Awards to five Junior players […]

RFU ARTIFICIAL GRASS PITCH PRESTON GRASSHOPPERS RFC Access the AGP only via the Decontamination Zone.  No jumping over the Perimeter  Fence. IRB (Regulation 12) approved boots only to be worn – no Metal Blades or Trainers.  Applies to Coaches and Players. PGRFC Coaches are responsible for manning the Decontamination Zone and ensuring boots are checked and […]

The AGP looked packed out on Sunday as both the Minis and Juniors entertained Kirkby Lonsdale on Sunday The Under 7s had a superb turnout from both teams, each fielding 16 players and had four games running simultaneously. All teams played four games, each testing and developing the players skill. As expected the opposition displayed […]

It was a mixture of training and games at home for the Minis this weekend with most of the Junior sides playing away, the AGP also had its first official use by the Under 16s and Colts. The Under7s were on Mascot Duty on Saturday for the 1st Team providing the Guard of Honour and […]

Hoppers have five Under 15s in the Lancashire squads taking on Yorkshire on Sunday. Cameron Niland, Alex Minozzi, Max Gardner and Tom Walker have all been selected for the Red Rose B squad with Dan Cooper in the A squad for the games against the White rose sides.  The games are being held at Barnsley RUFC […]