1986–87 Rugby League Premiership Explained

1986–87 Premiership
Structure:	National knockout championship
Season Champs:	Wigan
Season Champ Name:	Winners
Runner-Up Name:	Runner-up
Second Place:	Warrington
Prevseason Link:	1985–86 Rugby League Premiership
Prevseason Year:	1985–86
Nextseason Link:	1987–88 Rugby League Premiership
Nextseason Year:	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

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26 April 1987				6-18
26 April 1987			46-14
26 April 1987			24-12
26 April 1987			22-18

Semi-finals

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10 May 1987			18-10
10 May 1987			8-18

Final

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

Notes and References

1. Web site: Premiership title. Rugby League Project.
2. Web site: Premiership title 1986-87. Rugby League Project.