Grudge match: Grasshoppers v Fylde at Lea

SEPARATED by ten miles but worlds apart from a rugby point of view, Fylde and Preston Grasshoppers have been great rivals over the years.
One located in a coastal outpost and the other a city surrounded by a motorway network, the contrast between the clubs is obvious and former Fylde coach Mark Nelson, a veteran of many a battle between the clubs over the years, says there is no pretending otherwise.
“There has been a bit of a love-in between the two clubs in recent years but I don’t buy into that,” said Nelson, the current coac...