1986–87 Rugby League Premiership

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

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

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

Semi-finals

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

Final

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