Category Archives: First Team

Otley 29 – 5 Preston Grasshoppers With the late diagnosis of Covid for Arnie, Byron on his way back from playing in Italy with the Sharks, and Craig unavailable, it was a much reduced coaching staff who took to the bench at Cross Green. With DoR Gareth Dyer in charge and Ian McFarlane in support, […]

Preston Grasshoppers 77 – 0 Northwich Rugby is back at Lightfoot Green! And what a return! On a bright, warm, late summer afternoon, the Preston faithful, who were there in numbers, were treated to a try- fest. Starved of rugby for so long and, after that sorry season of injuries, losses and relegation, and probably […]

PRESTON GRASSHOPPERS 90 – 5 BURNAGE The result suggests that this game was a mis-match but visitors Burnage played some decent rugby at times and never gave up. Head Coach Paul Arnold, in his last home game before retirement, was given a fitting send-off:  ‘I’m obviously very proud of the boys today, although I’m disappointed […]

Preston Grasshoppers 5 – 49 Caldy Following the decent performance against Chester last week Hoppers hosted the unbeaten league leaders Caldy, who needed just one point from this game to secure the title and their promotion back to National 1. Arnie stuck to his stated policy for the rest of the season and again gave […]

Chester 27 – 14 Preston Grasshoppers Hoppers made the short journey to Hare Lane to take on a Chester side that last week had decimated Scunthorpe with seventeen tries and a score of one hundred and nine to twelve. Undaunted, and fresh from a week off after a much more solid performance of their own […]

Preston Grasshoppers 3 – 33 Hinckley Hornets With the weather merchants forecasting another bout of gloom and doom the afternoon did not present the prospect of pleasant spectating. However, the heavy rain over lunchtime gave way to a dry and not too chilly start to the match with little or no wind to trouble the […]

Stourbridge 52 – 12 Preston Grasshoppers Hoppers made the long trip to Stourbridge with a side that, true to Arnie’s promise last week, contained several changes as he begins to restructure the squad for the future. Ewan Naylor started at five and there was a welcome return for Tyler Sloane and Conor Trueman on the […]

Preston Grasshoppers 14 – 29 Tynedale With Tynedale coming to Lightfoot Green on the back of inflicting defeat by the biggest margin this season in the first meeting, and now comfortably established in the middle of the league table, today’s game, although winnable, was never going to be easy and, given Hoppers’ present form, to […]