Category Archives: Rugby

PGRFC is delighted to announce the appointments of Joel Unsworth (Head) and Dan Orwin (Assistant) to lead the 1st XV Senior Squad coaching for the 2022/23 season. Both bring a wide range of varied experience to their roles and are highly qualified coaches being RFU Level 3 award holders. Joel joins Hoppers after a spell […]

Lancashire Cup Final – Preston Grasshoppers vs. Widnes – K.O. 4pm 21st of May @ Wigan RFU Preston Grasshoppers 1st XV travel to a rare venue for them where they’ll play equally scarce opponents, Widnes RUFC at Wigan RFU’s Douglas Valley Ground for their final game of the season, hoping to add to their tally […]

Lancashire have picked 5 Hoppers for the Bill Beaumont County Championship game with Yorkshire tomorrow at West Park RUFC in Leeds (kick off 3pm). The winners will stand an excellent chance of moving forward to Twickenham to contest the final dependent on other results in the group. Last week the Lancashire squad featured 8 Hoppers […]

The 1869 Club are planning a coach to Wigan RFC for the final of the Lancashire Cup v Widnes on Sat 21st May. The coach will leave Hoppers at 12:30pm with a lunch stop in Wigan en route. Kick off is 4pm at Wigan RUFC. Departure time will be hour after the final whistle. If […]

PGRFC Celebrate an Excellent 2021/22 – Players Awards Evening Report PGRFC celebrated a strong 2021/22 season on Saturday night in the Lightfoot Green clubhouse. The first Players Dinner in three years was well attended by players, coaches, officers and supporters with over 130 gathering to celebrate the season. Director of Rugby Gareth Dyer paid tribute […]

Congratulations to the 8 Hoppers selected for the opening game of the County Championship when Lancashire host Leicestershire at Waterloo on Saturday. Pete Altham starts at prop having been named the North Premier player of the season and is joined by Toby Harrison and Matt Lamprey in the pack. Jordan Dorrington and Sam Stott start […]

Northwich vs. Preston Grasshoppers, Saturday 23rd April, 3pm Fresh from their successful Lancashire Cup Semi Final at Blackburn, Preston Grasshoppers travel into Cheshire for their final League game of the season to play Northwich RUFC for the third meeting between the two clubs. In an end-to-end game at Ramsgreave Drive, as was earlier in the […]

Good Friday, 15th April, saw a superb turnout at Lightfoot Green for a Hoppers vs Fylde U23 game in memory of Hoppers 1st XV Coach Donny Sutherland. Fylde won the game 31-12 but the real winner were the charities chosen to receive the gate and raffle proceeds. Over £2,200 (and rising) was raised to be […]