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Preston Grasshoppers will be targeting their first “double” of the season when they head for Sheffield Tigers tomorrow.

Preston Grasshoppers kept their cool and their control to bag a last-minute four-try bonus point as they recorded the season’s second whitewash of a Leicestershire side.

After the disappointment of last weekend’s postponement at a frozen Macclesfield, Preston Grasshoppers return to their own all-weather pitch tomorrow to host Leicester Lions.

As England start their latest bid to win the Six Nations this weekend, on the domestic front Preston Grasshoppers and Fylde have away games against the bottom two in National League Two North – weather permitting.

In a game of 32 penalties, six yellow cards and torrential rain, Preston Grasshoppers threw away a healthy lead to slip to their seventh defeat of the season by fewer than six points.

Craig Salmon talks to Preston Grasshoppers head coach about the progress the club has made and continues to make since his arrival in the summer of 2017

For their second home game in a row, Preston Grasshoppers welcome Wharfedale to Lightfoot Green tomorrow.

Hoppers 25 Otley 10

Preston Grasshoppers ended their three-match losing streak and moved back to ninth in National League Two North with a hard-fought victory over top-six side Otley.

Preston Grasshoppers tackle the first of back-to-back home games against Yorkshire opponents when Otley visit Lightfoot Green tomorrow.

Hoppers 22 Huddersfield 27

Preston Grasshoppers looked to start the New Year with a return to winning ways after the disappointment at Fylde and having dominated the match at Huddersfield, only to lose it in the last 10 minutes, they had a point to prove.

The first fixtures of 2019 bring Preston Grasshoppers and Vale of Lune the chance to avenge narrow away defeats in September.

Arise Sir Bill . . .

Fylde 33 Hoppers 17

Preston Grasshoppers showed their neighbours far too much seasonal generosity as they lost for the first time in December and saw Fylde climb into the top three in National League Two North.

Paul Arnold will feel rather strange tomorrow when he walks into the opposition dressing room at Fylde Rugby Club.

Preston Grasshoppers overcame appalling conditions and a dogged South Leicester side to record their first “whitewash” for more than a year.

As the National League Two North season hits the halfway point tomorrow, Preston Grasshoppers seek a third successive win for the first time in the campaign.

Stourbridge 32 Preston Grasshoppers 38

Hoppers kept the momentum going after last week’s win over league leaders Hull Ionians with a hard-fought win at Stourbridge, on this occasion managing to close the game out.