Preston Grasshoppers aiming to get back on winning trail (From Preston and Leyland Citizen)

Preston Grasshoppers aiming to get back on winning trail

1:40pm Friday 31st October 2008

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Phil Deakin will again deputise for injured flanker Luke Cunningham in the back row when Preston Grasshoppers take on Bradford & Bingley at Lightfoot Green on Saturday.

Hoppers' two promising young fly halves swap places with Marcus Jackson starting and Nick Smith on the bench.

After last week’s disappointing narrow 17-12 loss at Hull Ionians, Hoppers now sit in ninth place in the table with 16 points.

Their opponents on Saturday are in twelfth place on 10 points with just two wins from seven matches played.

Hoppers' squad: 15 Tom Hughes 14 Will Hughes 13 Ollie Moore 12 Steffan Thomas 11 Russell Flynn 10 Marcus Jackson 9 Darren Wilson (C) 1 John Peterson 2 Richie Sands 3 Richard Carleton 4 Wayne Steel 5 Marc Balshaw 6 Andrew Dockray 7 Phil Deakin 8 Dan Waller 16 Mark Hanson 17 Chris Stone 18 Michael Jones 19 Sean Hall 20 Nick Smith.

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