Category Archives: Rugby

On Saturday for the 1st XV game with Stourbridge our main sponsors are Entwistle Green,  a well known and established firm of professional estate agents who have strong ties with Hoppers. Entwistle Green, founded in the 1920’s, have 47 branches throughout the NW and are part of Countrywide PLC, the largest network of estate agents […]

Hoppers TV caught up with 1st XV head coach Michael Lough to discuss the season so far. You can watch it below.

Team News The Hoppers squad to travel to Leicestershire on Saturday shows a number of changes from last week due to unavailability, rotation and injury. Pete Altham steps up from the bench and Mo Mustafa moves in the other direction, Dave Perry has a place in the second row whilst Sam Wallbank will start in […]

The second team travel to Caldy on Saturday looking for a much needed win. Hoppers suffered successive league defeats for the first time since 2011 and know that another reverse will put paid to any hopes of regaining the Bateman Premier League title. The defeat against Sedgley was especially frustrating as Young’s men deserved at […]

Preston Grasshoppers RFC are delighted to announce the signing of Lancashire prop Peter Altham. Altham joins the club from neighbours Fylde where he made over 100 appearances during a four season stay. Altham, formerly with Wharfedale, has also been a mainstay of the Lancashire pack over the last few seasons and played in last season’s […]

Preston Grasshoppers vs. Chester  – Kick Off 2.30pm Team News Head Coach Michael Lough’s first team selection for 2014 shows only slight differences from the team that travelled to Sedgley Park before the holiday break. Dominic Moon returns to his more familiar position at Number 8 and Ally Murray starts in the second row. The backs […]

The second team also face Sedgley Tigers on Saturday as they welcome the men from Whitefield to Lightfoot Green. Young’s men will be hoping to get back to winning ways after last week’s disappointing reverse against Macclesfield. Hoppers can be encouraged by the fact they haven’t lost consecutive games since 2011 whilst they remain unbeaten […]

Sedgley Park vs Preston Grasshoppers Head Coach Michael Lough shuffles the team selection once again for the short trip to Prestwich to face in-form Sedgley Park and Will Lees and Eddie Webster start the game this week, skipper Dominic Moon moves to the second row and Andy Napier takes the Number Eight spot. The backs […]

Whilst the chill of winter hasn’t yet bitten the north-west a quite savage injury list has taken a hefty chunk out of the senior squad at Lightfoot Green. Therefore it is quite remarkable that the second team can take such a strong side to champions Macclesfield on Saturday afternoon. Hoppers are unbeaten since January, but […]

Hoppers travel to Cheshire this coming Saturday to renew acquaintances with old adversaries Macclesfield who had been playing in National 1 since their promotion in 2010 before relegation struck at the end of last season. After two successive defeats, Head Coach Michael Lough rings the changes for the trip to Macclesfield and can still field […]