Category Archives: Rugby

The second team entertain Sale FC on Saturday afternoon as they approach the final furlong of what has been a challenging season. Hoppers’ hopes of regaining the title were probably extinguished at Carrington a few weeks ago against a committed Sale side. However their ranks were boosted by a number of first team players whilst […]

Saturday 12th April sees Lightfoot Green host its annual Ladies Day. This day has been running for a number of years now and is always popular. Ladies are invited to join us from 12 noon for drinks, a complimentary one is provided on arrival, followed by a 3-course lunch at 1pm. Following lunch, ladies will […]

As the build up to the Rugby World Cup in 2015 continues the organisers have made two major announcements this week.  Elsewhere on the website you can read about the stadiums and ticket pricing, but another exciting opportunity to get involved has been announced. Following in the wake of the highly successful volunteering culture created […]

The ’1869′ Club is running a coach to the final League game of the season at Caldy on Sat 5th April 2014. Departure Time: 11am Cost: £10 Lunch to be taken en route. If you would like to travel please put your name on the list in the clubhouse or contact Les Harrison on 01772 863774. […]

Dudley Kingswinford vs. Preston Grasshoppers – Kick Off 3.00pm Team News After recording their biggest score and largest winning margin last Saturday against reportedly an in form Hull side, it’s not surprising to learn the squad remains the same for the trip to Dudley Kingswinford on Saturday. The only alteration is at scrum half where […]

It’s the final round of this year’s Six Nations and there remains three (realistically two) teams who can take the title. Ireland are in the box seats to take the title but have to overcome a poor record in Paris to be champions. England are on their heels but will find themselves cheering for a […]

So our resident Six Nations tipster scored a full house from Round 4 and now has 10 correct predictions from the 12 games played as we move into the final round of fixtures. Here our Director of Rugby Gareth Dyer gives his thoughts on Round 4. Ireland vs Italy This game went with the form […]

Preston Grasshoppers vs. Hull – Kick Off 2.30pm Michael Lough has announced a line up for Saturday which apart from Danny Madden’s promotion from the bench shows just positional changes in the pack from last week’s starters. Good news amongst the replacements with the return of Richard Morton, Alan Holmes and Lewis Allen. 1 Danny […]

We move into Round 4 with the 6N tournament the most open in years. Four teams can still win the tournament but after this weekend there could realistically be only two still with championship aspirations. Our Director of Rugby and resident 6N blogger has so far correctly predicted 7 of the 9 games played and […]

Please can all winners of trophies from last season at both senior and mini/junior level return their trophy to the club office so that they can be engraved ahead of the awards this year. These need to be returned by the end of next week.