Category Archives: Rugby

The 1869 Club are now planning their first away match coach, which is to Sandal on Sat 2nd Sept ’17. The names list is on the Club notice board in the foyer, and there are already have 12 names, but plenty more are needed to run the coach. Time: 10.30am Place: From the Club car park Cost: […]

Hoppers have added a further fixture to their pre-season campaign with a game against old friends and rivals Waterloo. The match will be played at Lightfoot Green on Thursday 24th August with a 7.30pm kick off time. The match will be played on the AGP. Waterloo will play next season in North West 1 (Level […]

The Hoppers ladies came away from the Open Regional 7s Finals in Leeds last Saturday as not only Runners up but with a place in the Open National Finals on Saturday 29th July. The National Finals, set in the unique Bath Recreation Ground, combining an elite Premiership pitch with some of the most picturesque surroundings […]

Pre season is well underway for the 1st XV squad as they prepare for a big campaign in the North Premier division in a bid to bounce straight back to the National Leagues. The squad will play a range of pre season fixtures with conditioned games against Vale of Lune and Keighley, before a round […]

Next month, England U18s head to South Africa for a 3 match tour, and we were chuffed to see two familiar names in the squad. Kieran Wilkinson and Aaron Reed, who have both played junior rugby at Hoppers, feature in the 26 man squad that will face South Africa Schools in the opening fixture on […]

The Hoppers ladies continue their 7s journey this coming Saturday (15th July) when they compete in the Northern Regional Finals Play-Offs to battle it out with their regions other local qualifier winners for a place in the National Super 7s Series Finals. With the competition expected to be tough, the ladies have selected a strong […]

Here’s the final update on progress of work on the Minis pitches as part of the Pitch Improvement Programme. Following the earlier work to rotovate, top up and level the pitches, the contractors completed final preparations prior to seeding the playing surface.  The opportunity has been taken to provide an area of hard-standing at the […]

The new season is fast approaching which means we can all start to look forward to some great match day hospitality and rugby at the club. The match day experience at Hoppers always provides a fantastic day out with entry to the ground and a 3 course meal costing just £20 inc VAT (Christmas and […]

Hoppers Ladies have qualified for the RFU 24/7 regional finals at West Park, Leeds as a result of winning the annual Skofics 7s. By Ladies coach Steve Tiernan. Albeit they only had to beat UCLAN twice to win the competition, it’s a win that has not only put us through to the Regional 7s finals […]

PGRFC are delighted to announce the signing of powerful back row forward Matthew Lamprey. Lamprey 29, comes to Hoppers after spells with Sedgley Tigers and Fylde. He spent 6 years with the Tigers making 120 appearances in National One and Two scoring 48 tries before making the switch to Fylde last summer where he made […]