Category Archives: Rugby

Preston Grasshoppers RFC will play Fylde RFC in the Lancashire Cup Semi-Final on Easter Monday, 1st April, at the Woodlands Memorial Ground. Kick off is at 3pm. The fixture should have been played earlier in the season but was delayed due to fixture congestion because of postponements caused by bad weather. The two sides have […]

A strong Hoppers representation helped Lancashire Under 20’s overcome their Yorkshire counterparts on Sunday at Broughton Park. Two tries from Hoppers youngster Oli Farley plus 12 points from the boot of fly-half Lewis Allen helped Lancashire to a 37-25 victory. The win means that Lancashire have earned a home quarter-final. Other Hoppers representatives were Ally […]

Preston Grasshoppers vs. Stockport – Kick Off 2.30pm Team News Just a couple of changes to the squad previously selected for last Saturday’s postponed game against Westoe with Richard Morton swapping places with Mo Mustafa and Michael Haley taking the place of Eddie Webster on the bench. Hopefully nothing will get in the way of […]

Its the midway point in this years tournament and after this round of games we should know who has a chance of finishing at the top and who is fighting to avoid the wooden spoon. So as always I’ll take the games in order of play. Italy vs Wales, Saturday 2.30pm In Rome I think […]

Six Preston Grasshoppers players are included in the Lancashire U20’s squad to face Yorkshire on Sunday at Broughton Park in the final North group game. A Lancashire win should earn them a home draw in the quarter finals. Phil Mills captains the side at Hooker with Ally Murray, Eddie Webster and Ollie Farley also named in […]

Preston Grasshoppers vs. Westoe – Kick Off 2.30pm Team News It’s all very straightforward this week as far as team news is concerned. The selection committee have stayed with the same fifteen starters and bench as last Saturday’s selection at Huddersfield. 1. Mo Mustafa, 2. Phil Mills, 3. Andy Irving, 4. Gareth Gore, 5. Ali […]

Hoppers 2nd XV 34 Caldy 2nd XV 8 Report On a fresh yet sunny afternoon at Lightfoot Green the second team comfortably saw off the challenge of Caldy to keep the pressure on leaders Macclesfield and maintain their quest for back-to-back titles. The victory was underpinned by a strong Preston pack who dominated the breakdown, […]

Huddersfield 6 – 47 Preston Grasshoppers Report Hoppers put in a dominating display to secure a bonus point victory over a Huddersfield side who look doomed to relegation. They ran in seven tries as they controlled the entire game with a ferocious defence and a clinical attack. A delighted head coach Michael Lough said; “we’ve […]

The second team face Caldy at Lightfoot Green on Saturday as they look to maintain the pressure on leaders Macclesfield. Such is the nature of the league this season that every match can justifiably be tagged as a “must win” contest. Caldy overcame Hoppers in an Autumn mud bath at Lightfoot Green but the champions […]

So the second week of the Six Nations is done and dusted. As is the case after a couple of games in any competition, we have some further insight in to how the respective participants are shaping up. Some suspicions after the first round of games have been confirmed as fact whilst only one team […]