Category Archives: Rugby

Hoppers recorded their third consecutive bonus point win to keep hope of a playoff stop alive with a 27-17 victory over Hull Ionians. Head Coach Dave Baldwin said; “the first half was a bit scrappy and we kicked away too much possession and although we chased well our tackling wasn’t good. With the wind at […]

The second team face Stockport at Lightfoot Green on Saturday (petrol panic permitting) as they look to keep alive their title chances. Hoppers cannot afford any slip ups although Stockport will be intent on reversing the result of the fixture that took place just two weeks ago. Mike Lough’s men fought off a great Stockport […]

With the season building to an exciting finish, Rugby Committee member Gareth Dyer provides his take on the outstanding issues still to be resolved with four rounds of fixtures left to play. Loughbrough Students are this season’s National Two North champions after last weekends hard fought win at Sheffield Tigers meant they cannot now be […]

Hull Ionians vs. Preston Grasshoppers – Kick Off 3pm Team News Hoppers side sees three changes to the team that gained a bonus point win over Stockport last week. In the front row Andrew Irving replaces Chris Gale who drops to the bench. At hooker Alan Holmes makes way for Phil Mills. The only other […]

Myerscough march into BCS Final with gritty win on home soil Myerscough College Rugby Academy played visiting side Coleg Llandrillo from North Wales in the British Colleges Sport Semi-Final at Myerscough Preston Campus on 21st March 2012. Myerscough College applied pressure to the visiting Welsh side straight from kick off. A well placed kick by […]

PGRFC – Help for Heroes Charity Bike Ride One month and counting As hopefully you will already be aware, a group of Hoppers players led by Sean Jackson, current 3rd team captain, are planning a charity cycle ride from Lightfoot Green to Twickenham to raise funds for Help-4-Heroes The ride is set to commence on […]

Sedgley Park 2s 19 Hoppers 2s 25 The second team have given themselves a fighting chance of winning the Bateman Premier League after a long overdue victory against league favourites Sedgley Park. The afternoon sunshine was perhaps more of a spectacle than the game itself but Mike Lough’s men travelled back up the M61 full […]

Hoppers came through a physical local derby against a tenacious Stockport side to claim a bonus point win and keep their play-off chances alive. In a feisty game that threatened to boil over on occasions Hoppers defence was superb and they scored five well worked tries to secure all five points.

The final table from this year’s Six Nations rugby fest will show a Welsh Grand Slam, an English renaissance, a retreat for Ireland & France, a relieved Italy and an unwanted Wooden Spoon for the Scots. But of more significance than all that is that for the first time in a long time I got […]

The second team travel down to Whitefield on Saturday afternoon for a huge game against title rivals Sedgley Park. Hoppers sit top of Bateman Conference A by virtue of having played a game more. In order to maintain a realistic title challenge Saturday’s encounter is a must win game. Back in January the Tigers grabbed […]