1987–88 Rugby League Premiership Explained

1987–88 Premiership
Structure:	National knockout championship
Season Champs:	Widnes
Season Champ Name:	Winners
Runner-Up Name:	Runner-up
Second Place:	St Helens
Prevseason Link:	1986–87 Rugby League Premiership
Prevseason Year:	1986–87
Nextseason Link:	1988–89 Rugby League Premiership
Nextseason Year:	1988–89

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

The winners were Widnes.^[2]

First round

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24 Apr			32-18
24 Apr			40-8
24 Apr			36-26
24 Apr			12-24

Semi-finals

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8 May			24-10
8 May			20-10

Final


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

Notes and References

Web site: Premiership title. Rugby League Project.
Web site: Premiership title 1987-88. Rugby League Project.