Category Archives: Rugby

This week it is the turn of our Hon. Fixture Secretary John Powell to pick his Ultimate XV of players he has played with and against. Here is his team in his own words. I played rugby for various teams at Hoppers from 1974 when I joined from College and after a number of seasons […]

Since the article highlighting First XV appearances was published for Graham Cox’s Match on Boxing Day, one or two of our ‘veterans’ have pulled me up on the statistics. As I ventured to point out, unfortunately it would appear playing records weren’t kept before past president Les Anson started taking note in the mid 1970’s, […]

Photo courtesy of Mike Craig Preston Grasshoppers 21 – Sheffield Tigers 31 Hoppers fell to a spirited Sheffield Tigers side as they failed to capitalize on a decent amount of possession and territory. This was a sloppy performance in poor conditions that was compounded by the visitors clinical finishing with three of their five tries […]

Hoppers 2’s face Caldy at Paton Field in what promises to be a tough Conference A encounter. Lough’s men ruthlessly dispatched a young Caldy outfit back in in the Autumn but the men from the Wirral have improved vastly since then. They currently sit top of Conference A, the highlight being a win against Sedgley […]

Preston Grasshoppers RFC are delighted to be the first Northern RFU club to be hosts to the England Counties XV when they face the Ulster Bank Irish Clubs XV at PGRFC on Friday 16th March 2012 (Kick off 7.30pm – Gates & Bars open at 5pm). That’s right a high quality England vs. Ireland game to be played at Lightfoot Green […]

Raging Bull Cup 2nd Round Broughton Park 2’s 0 Hoppers 2’s 49 Hoppers eased into the Raging Bull Cup quarter-finals with a relatively straightforward victory over a spirited Broughton Park side. Hoppers defied a fierce wind, rain and boggy conditions to dominate

Hoppers senior colts turned up at Southport for their final away league match with the luxury of  having 17 players. The opening exchanges of the game saw hoppers on top, playing some creative running rugby. With the hoppers pack playing at a high tempo, good work from half backs Tom Lyth & Lewis Allen enabled […]

Preston Grasshoppers vs. Sheffield Tigers – Kick Off 2.30pm Team News Hoppers starting line up this week sees seven changes from the side that lost last week at Westoe. An all new front row sees Alan Holmes hooking between the two Irving brothers, Andy and Mark. Ally Murray comes into the second row in the […]

WESTOE  37     PRESTON GRASSHOPPERS  6 By Ken Moore Hoppers’ hopes of a fifth successive away  win were dashed at Wood Terrace by half time as, playing up the slope and into the teeth of a gale, they trailed by 27 points. Disappointed coach Dave Baldwin commented: “Westoe played the conditions well and our defence was

Hoppers 2s travel to South Manchester for a Raging Bull Cup tie against Broughton Park. Mike Lough’s men have dusted themselves down after last week’s narrow defeat against an extremely fortunate Sedgley Park side. This week’s opponents have struggled of late and lie fifth in Conference B following a 54-0 defeat against Vale of Lune. […]