Category Archives: Rugby

SHEFFIELD TIGERS  23              PRESTON GRASSHOPPERS  20 By Ken Moore After 25 minutes Hoppers seemed to be coasting to another comfortable victory with 17 unanswered points in the bag but a poor second half saw the hosts claw their way back to claim an unlikely win. Hoppers had the opportunity to tie the scores with a […]

After an impressive opening day win at rivals Sedgley Park, the 2nd XV return to Lightfoot Green for the visit of Burnage. Whilst the defending champions were winning at Park Lane, Burnage were also in good form with a comfortable win over newly promoted Wilmslow by 48-26. Last season Burnage finished top of Conference B […]

Sheffield Tigers vs. Preston Grasshoppers – Kick Off 3pm Team News Michael Lough’s selections for the trip to Yorkshire this Saturday shows three changes from last weeks starting line-up. With Sean Long on Salford City Reds duties, Adam Birchall picking up an injury and Wayne Steel unavailable, Lewis Allen steps in to replace Sean Long. […]

Sedgley Park 2nd XV 10 Hoppers 2nd XV 33 The second team began their defence of the Bateman Premier League in perfect fashion with a convincing victory over title rivals Sedgley Park. In glorious conditions the Hoppers pack dominated their hosts, giving their outside backs the ideal platform to breach the home defence at regular […]

Hoppers TV is back again this season and will once again be showing footage of all Hoppers 1st XV tries. You can view the tries from the 34-0 victory over Darlington Mowden Park below. In a new feature Hoppers TV will be speaking to coaches and players after 1st XV games. Yesterday we spoke to […]

Preston Grasshoppers 34 – 0 Darlington Mowden Park Preston Grasshoppers got the new season off to a flying start to record a bonus point victory over a hard working Darlington Mowden Park side. Built around a solid defence, a strong set piece and an ability to move the ball quickly especially in broken play, Hoppers […]

Preston Grasshoppers RFC is pleased to announce the appointment of the talismanic Number 8 Dominic Moon as 1st XV captain for the forthcoming season. Moon joined the club for the start of the 2009/10 season and has made 53 league appearances in that time. He has previously played for Blackburn, Waterloo and Halifax whilst last […]

The 2nd XV kick off their league campaign with the toughest possible away trip to old rivals Sedgley Park. The championship winning campaign remains fresh in the memory but Hoppers have not spent the summer resting on their laurels. Michael Lough has been promoted and John Young takes over the reins having left Park so […]

Preston Grasshoppers passing through their seventh Guild With Preston Guild week approaching, one of the oldest sporting clubs in Preston looks back through their archives at previous Guilds.  Formed in 1869 Preston Grasshoppers RFC is about to celebrate its seventh Guild and history shows that the Guilds have tended to coincide with high points for […]

Preston Grasshoppers vs. Darlington Mowden Park – KO 2.30pm Hoppers start their National 2 North League campaign on Saturday with a welcome return to Lightfoot Green for last years National North 3 Champions from the North East. As expected Michael Lough’s team for Saturday shows a number of additions to the squad which defeated National […]