Rugby Reports

Aldwinians U13s  20   Hoppers U13s  7 Hoppers Under 14s faced a re-arranged away trip to Aldwinians in their Round 4 match in the Blacksticks Blue Junior Challenge cup. Hoppers made a sluggish start against Aldwinians and let them run in 3 pretty easy tries before they got going. During the remainder of the first half […]

Saturday saw Hoppers’ promotion credentials suffer a blow at the hands of a strong Broughton Park 2nd team. First off, the main bone of contention… weather. As a back I am pretty soft, when I am not playing rugby I like filing my nails, making daisy chains etc. I think most of the backs were […]

Hoppers  U16   42*    Widnes U16  12 Blacksticks Blue Lancashire Cup. After the frustrations of several cancellations, including the washout the previous week, Hoppers were back in action in the rescheduled Lancashire Cup match vs Widnes. The weather conditions were fine, especially compared to last week, and it was clear from the off that on the […]

Preston Grasshoppers 5th XV vs Bolton 4th XV Grasshopper’s 5th team welcomed Bolton to a somewhat damp and quagmire-ish Preston having already faced each other in the cup, which had resulted in a Bolton victory. After a long run of improving performances and narrow defeats, this match was eagerly awaited as a chance to get […]

Altricham & Kersal 2nd XV 3-85 Hoppers 3rd XV They say attack is the best form of defence… There’s definitely occasions when writing a match report is not a relishing prospect. High scoring games, for instance, make it difficult to remember what actually happened. Or when you come off injured after 10 mins having contributed […]

5th XV beaten by last minute try Last weekend saw the most local of derbies, Hoppers 5th XV playing the 6th XV. Previous seasons have resulted in one sided affairs – a demonstration of collective experience/ex first team over youth and social rugby. With a more settled 5th team this match was keenly anticipated and with […]

Hoppers 2s make arduous progress to the Semi Final of the BEST cup against a determined Sandbach 2nd XV. During the uncompromising depression of 1930s America, the broadcaster and comedian Milton Bearle once said, “If opportunity doesn’t knock, build a door”. The value of such a sentiment seemed to go astray after such a positive […]

Hoppers 3rd XV 21-7 Wirral 2nd XV This week’s Lighting and Building Services Jug quarter finals saw Hoppers’ 3rd XV host Wirral 2nd XV. Going into the game, both teams found themselves locked together in the league on 26 points. With only a points difference of 2 separating the sides this was set to be […]

Saturday saw Hoppers 4th XV welcome Kirby Lonsdale 2’s to Lightfoot Green for an eagerly anticipated encounter. Hoppers were hoping to continue their good home form in the league, while Kirby Lonsdale were hopping to continue their impressive run , showed by their 2nd place in the league before the game. Hoppers kicked off and […]

The first wet Saturday of the season saw the fifth team take on top of the table Orrell St James. Prior to the match kicking off, it was made clear that the Orrell side had no props but were allegedly on their way. The match kicked off with uncontested scrums and that was the way […]