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May Bank Holiday weekend sees several Lancashire representative sides in action with plenty of Hoppers selected across various squads. Lancashire U20 Top billing goes to Lancashire Under 20s who travel to Twickenham to play Yorkshire in the final of the Jason Leonard Cup on Sunday with kick off at 17:00. The game is being live […]

Please see below for the list of Hoppers Community Lottery Winners for April. 1st. Ian McKenzie – £95.04 2nd. Mark Whelan – £38.02 3rd. Peter Ashcroft – £25.34 50% of the proceeds from the lottery go into the prize fund whilst the other 50% go into vital club improvements. For example recent work has included: Safety work […]

Unfortunately due to high wind we’ve had to postpone the pyrotechnics display that was planned for today. We’re hoping to be able to put it on at an early game next season.  The final game of the season, against Chester, this Saturday, will begin at 3pm with a fantastic pyrotechnic display provided by Classic Fireworks. […]

Preston Grasshoppers vs. Chester – Kick Off 3.00pm The final Saturday of Hoppers season sees a Chester RUFC side as our visitors who will have one eye on the following Saturday when they make the long journey to Kent for a Play-Off fixture against Canterbury for right to play in National 1 next season. Although […]

Some of Hoppers best young players were in action for Lancashire Under 20s at the weekend with a game at Twickenham at stake. The Red Rose travelled to Hertfordshire to play in the semi-final of the Jason Leonard Cup with young Hoppers Ewan Naylor, Sam Stott and Connor Johnson (pictured above) amongst their ranks. Unfortunately […]

After a successful 2018/19 season, Hoppers Ladies are looking to add to their coaching set up for 2019/20 season to support the burgeoning women’s section. Currently competing in NC 1 North West for the 1st team and Lancashire Merit league for our 2nd team, Hoppers are looking to build and strengthen their position by adding […]

The club is saddened to hear that long standing member and supporter Jim Moulding has recently passed away. Jim was a very dedicated member of the 1869 Club and made many trips to 1st XV away games. Thank you for all you did for the club Jim. Jim’s funeral is at St Mary’s Ladywell on […]

The Brendan Hanavan Trophy is the annual challenge match between Fylde and Preston Grasshoppers held in honour of Fylde’s late winger. It’s Fylde’s turn to host the 2019 fixture, on Good Friday, 19th April, at the Woodlands (ko 3pm). ‘Hoppers currently hold the Trophy so the home side will be anxious to wrestle it back this time. This season’s game is […]

Hoppers head to Welford Road this week to take on South Leicester who were last week relegated despite an excellent away win at Otley. Sheffield Tigers’ win over Peterborough meant that with only 2 games remaining, Out Leicester cannot close the 15 point gap. Saturday saw Hoppers win a 40-34 thriller against Stourbridge to complete […]