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Preston Grasshoppers 18-24 Sheffield After a frustrating game last Saturday when it seemed that there had been little they could do to influence the outcome of the match, Hoppers hosted Sheffield and were keen to put that weekend behind them. Their visitors came to Lightfoot Green with a run of eight consecutive defeats stretching back […]

Huddersfield 19-13 Preston Grasshoppers Having put last week’s experience against table toppers, Sedgley Tigers behind them, Hoppers travelled across the Pennines to Huddersfield in the hope that, with a more level playing field, against a side they had already beaten at home, they would resume their steady progress towards the consolidation of a mid-table place […]

Preston Grasshoppers 7-46 Sedgley Park With the postponement of the Fylde game and the Christmas and New Year festivities, it seems a long time since we saw any 1st XV rugby and what better a way to welcome it back than with the Past Players’ Lunch! The Clubhouse was thronged with former players from near […]

Preston Grasshoppers 21-16 Rotherham It was a landmark day in more ways than one as Hoppers welcomed fifth-placed Rotherham Titans to Lightfoot Green. Ollie Trippier made his 100th appearance for the first XV whilst Tyler Spence ran out in his 100th League game. The weather made its mark too as all other games except for […]

Blaydon 22-22 Preston Grasshoppers On the back of last week’s much-improved performance against Hull Ionians, Hoppers made the trip to the North East with some confidence. Blaydon, languishing at the foot of the table, had been deducted points, and with just one win from eleven matches, they needed the victory just as much as Hoppers. […]

Preston Grasshoppers 20-21 Hull Ionians Hoppers took the field against third placed Ionians, refreshed after their break and they looked all the better for it. The team sheet presented the faithful with possibly the strongest side fielded this season and from the kick off it was obvious that this was a team intent on putting […]

Harrogate 23 – 17 Preston Grasshoppers After the close match at Tyndale last week, hopes among the faithful were building as a points win at Harrogate would do no harm in starting a move up the table. Ideed, if form was anything to go by, Hoppers would have been slight favourites for the encounter at […]

TYNEDALE 17-12 PRESTON GRASSHOPPERS Coach Joel Unsworth was obviously disappointed at the loss at Tynedale Park but praised a ‘much improved performance’. ‘We dominated the second half and this time did not tail off in the last quarter – we played the full 80 minutes’. In fact, Hoppers could and should have won this game […]

Preston Grasshoppers 13-29 Chester Chester came to Lightfoot Green with four wins from their last five games and a record of three defeats by less than a single score so Hoppers knew they had a challenging match ahead. Conditions were good for running rugby, the air was still and cool and, whilst overcast, the sky […]

Otley 28-15 Preston Grasshoppers Hopper travelled across the Pennines to Otley with high hopes after a win against Sheffield Tigers last time out. With an hour on the clock, the score at 18-15 to Otley, and the Otley tight head in the sin bin it looked like Hoppers were well placed to go on and […]