1986–87 Rugby League Premiership

1986–87 Premiership
1986–87 Premiership
Structure	National knockout championship
Winners	Wigan
Runners-up	Warrington
	← 1985–86 1987–88 →

The 1987 Rugby League Premiership was the 13th end of season Rugby League Premiership competition.^[1]

The winners were Wigan.^[2]

First Round

Date	Team One	Team Two	Score
26 April 1987	Castleford	Halifax	6-18
26 April 1987	St Helens	Bradford Northern	46-14
26 April 1987	Warrington	Hull Kingston Rovers	24-12
26 April 1987	Wigan	Widnes	22-18

Date	Team One	Team Two	Score
10 May 1987	Wigan	Halifax	18-10
10 May 1987	St Helens	Warrington	8-18

17 May 1987

Wigan	8-0	Warrington
G-Gill, Stephenson T-Lydon

Old Trafford
Attendance: 38,756
Referee: Kevin Allatt
Player of the Match: Joe Lydon


1	Steve Hampson
2	Henderson Gill
3	David Stephenson
4	Dean Bell
5	Joe Lydon
6	Shaun Edwards
7	Andy Gregory
8	Brian Case
9	Nicky Kiss
10	Shaun Wane
11	Andy Goodway
12	Ian Potter
13	Ellery Hanley
Substitutions:
14	Richard Russell for Joe Lydon
15	Graeme West for Shaun Wane
Coach:
Graham Lowe


1	Brian Johnson
2	Joe Ropati
3	Barry Peters
4	Des Drummond
5	Mark Forster
6	Ronnie Duane
7	Paul Bishop
8	Paul Cullen
9	Gary Sanderson
10	Tony Humphries
11	Bob Jackson
12	Mark Roberts
13	Kevin Tamati
Substitutions:
14	Mike Gregory for Tony Humphries
15	Bob Eccles for Mark Roberts
Coach:
Tony Barrow