Category Archives: Rugby

Preston Grasshoppers are pleased to announce the signing on Rob Bramhall, a tenacious back-rower from Waterloo. The 25 year old has established himself as one of the key members in the Waterloo squad, which last year finished 4th in National league 3 North. Upon signing for the club Rob said “I’m looking forward to the […]

Hoppers popular Rugby Camps return this Summer running over three week and we have also teamed up with Sale Sharks who will hold a two day camp based at Hoppers. The programme is as follows:- Week 1 –  August 1st and 2nd – Sale Sharks Skills Camp book seperately through SaleSharks.com.  August 3rd – 5th  […]

Preston Grasshoppers 3rd XV captain Tom Peterson has been in America since mid April attempting to ‘thru-hike’ the 2,200 mile Appalachian Trail.     Starting in Springer Mountain, Georgia, the Appalachian Trail passes through the states of Georgia, North Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia, West Virginia, Maryland, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, New York, Connecticut, Massachusetts, Vermont, New Hampshire, and […]

A group of Hoppers members are running a trip to the Under 20s World Championships on Wednesday 15th June. This offers a great opportunity to watch Argentina vs Japan, New Zealand vs Wales and England vs Australia at the A J Bell Stadium which is the home of Sale Sharks. The coach leaves Hoppers at 1200 […]

The club will be open on Saturday morning, 11th June, for the Test Matches from the Southern Hemisphere. Starting at 8.35am the Wainwright Bar will be open for the New Zealand vs Wales games. Following on at 11am we’ll be showing Australia vs England and then in the afternoon South Africa vs Ireland at 4pm. […]

Saturday 7th May saw the end of season Player’s Dinner take place at Lightfoot Green with 8 teams in attendance. Below is the list of winners for each team as well as the clubman and team of the year award. For a gallery of the award winners please follow the link below. https://www.facebook.com/PrestonGrasshoppers/photos/?tab=album&album_id=1104553076283878 1st XV […]

Surrey and Lancashire go head to head at Twickenham Stoop in the final of the Women’s County Championship this Sunday, 29 May with both teams defending unbeaten records. The final at Twickenham Stoop will mark the culmination of the inaugural cup competition in which 16 counties from across the country took part. We’re delighted that […]

Preston Grasshoppers is pleased to announce the signing of 4 players to boost the squad for next seasons campaign. We are delighted to announce that Chris Roddy, an experienced 2nd row, joins from Stourbridge, Back Rower Sam Wallbank returns from Vale of Lune, Phil Mills returns from a season up the road at Fylde and […]

Following the two recent club meetings, the plans for the new Artificial Grass Pitch (AGP) funded by the RFU have been progressing on a number of fronts. The club’s proposal to lease the first team pitch to the RFU for a period of 30 years to enable them to construct a 3G pitch was overwhelmingly […]

Next Thursday, 26th May, sees Preston Grasshoppers RFC take rugby back into the community again with the return of O2 Touch Rugby to Moor Park. The evening will start at 7pm prompt so we would ask that you get their slightly earlier. This is the 5th consecutive year that the club has run touch rugby […]