1986–87 Rugby League Premiership

1986–87 Premiership
Structure	National knockout championship
Winners	Wigan
Runners-up	Warrington

The 1987 Rugby League Premiership was the 13th end of season Rugby League Premiership competition.

The winners were Wigan.

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