1986–87 Rugby League Premiership
{{Infobox rugby football league season
| title = 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
| no_of_teams =
}}
The 1987 Rugby League Premiership was the 13th end of season Rugby League Premiership competition.{{cite web|url=http://www.rugbyleagueproject.org/competitions/premiership-trophy/summary.html|title=Premiership title|publisher=Rugby League Project}}
The winners were Wigan.{{cite web|url=http://www.rugbyleagueproject.org/competitions/premiership-trophy-1986-87/results.html|title=Premiership title 1986-87|publisher=Rugby League Project}}
First round
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| width=150| Date
!width=250| Team One !width=250| Team Two !width=100| 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
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| width=150| Date
!width=250| Team One !width=250| Team Two !width=100| Score | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| 10 May 1987 | Wigan | Halifax | 18-10 |
| 10 May 1987 | St Helens | Warrington | 8-18 |
Final
{{Rugbyleaguebox
|date = 17 May 1987
|time =
|team1 = Wigan
|score = 8-0
|team2 = Warrington
|points1 = G-Gill, Stephenson
T-Lydon
|points2 =
|stadium = Old Trafford
|attendance = 38,756
|referee = Kevin Allatt
|manofmatch = Joe Lydon
|report =
}}
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|valign="top" width="50%"| {| style="font-size: 90%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" | |
| width="55"| | |
|---|---|
| 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 |
| colspan=3|Substitutions: | |
| 14 | Richard Russell for Joe Lydon |
| 15 | Graeme West for Shaun Wane |
| colspan=3|Coach: | |
| colspan="4"| Graham Lowe |
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| style="font-size: 90%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" | |
| width="55"| | |
|---|---|
| 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 |
| colspan=3|Substitutions: | |
| 14 | Mike Gregory for Tony Humphries |
| 15 | Bob Eccles for Mark Roberts |
| colspan=3|Coach: | |
| colspan="4"| Tony Barrow |
|}
References
{{reflist}}
{{Rugby League Premiership}}
{{Rugby Football League seasons}}
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