1987–88 Rugby League Premiership

The 1987–88 Rugby League Premiership was the 14th end of season Rugby League Premiership competition.^[1]

1987–88 Premiership
Structure	National knockout championship
Winners	Widnes
Runners-up	St Helens
← 1986–87 1988–89 →

The winners were Widnes.^[2]

First round

Date	Team one	Team two	Score
24 Apr	Bradford Northern	Leeds	32-18
24 Apr	St Helens	Castleford	40-8
24 Apr	Widnes	Halifax	36-26
24 Apr	Wigan	Warrington	12-24

Semi-finals

Date	Team one	Team two	Score
8 May	St Helens	Bradford Northern	24-10
8 May	Widnes	Warrington	20-10

Final

15 May 1988

Widnes	38-14	St Helens
T-Tait, D Wright, D Hulme (2), Sorensen, McKenzie G-Platt, Currier(4)		T-Ledger, Haggerty G-Loughlin (3)

Old Trafford Attendance: 35,252 Referee: John Holdsworth Player of the Match: David Hulme

1 Duncan Platt 2 Rick Thackray 3 Andy Currier 4 Darren Wright 5 Martin Offiah 6 Barry Dowd 7 David Hulme 8 Kurt Sorensen 9 Phil McKenzie 10 Joey Grima 11 Mike O'Neill 12 Paul Hulme 13 Richard Eyres Substitutions: 14 Alan Tait for Rick Thackray 15 Steve O'Neill for Joey Grima Coach: Doug Laughton

1 Barry Ledger 2 David "Dave" Tanner 3 Paul Loughlin 4 Mark Elia 5 Les Quirk 6 Mark Bailey 7 Neil Holding 8 Tony Burke 9 Paul Groves 10 Stuart Evans 11 Paul Forber 12 Roy Haggerty 13 John Fieldhouse Substitutions: 14 Bernard Dwyer for Stuart Evans 15 Shaun Allen for John Fieldhouse Coach: Alex Murphy