1987–88 Rugby League Premiership

1987–88 Premiership National knockout championship Widnes Winners St Helens 1986–87 Rugby League Premiership 1986–87 1988–89 Rugby League Premiership 1988–89 The 1987–88 Rugby League Premiership was the 14th end of season Rugby League Premiership competition.http://www.rugbyleagueproject.org/competitions/premiership-trophy/summary.html Premiership title Rugby League Project The winners were Widnes.http://www.rugbyleagueproject.org/competitions/premiership-trophy-1987-88/results.html Premiership title 1987-88 Rugby League Project First round Date Team one Team two Score24 Apr Bradford Northern Leeds 32-1824 Apr St Helens Castleford 40-824 Apr Widnes Halifax 36-2624 Apr Wigan Warrington 12-24 Semi-finals Date Team one Team two Score8 May St Helens Bradford Northern 24-108 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 35,252 John Holdsworth David Hulme 1 Duncan Platt2 Rick Thackray3 Andy Currier4 Darren Wright5 Martin Offiah6 Barry Dowd7 David Hulme8 Kurt Sorensen9 Phil McKenzie10 Joey Grima11 Mike O'Neill12 Paul Hulme13 Richard EyresSubstitutions:14 Alan Tait for Rick Thackray15 Steve O'Neill for Joey GrimaCoach: Doug Laughton 1 Barry Ledger2 David "Dave" Tanner3 Paul Loughlin4 Mark Elia5 Les Quirk6 Mark Bailey7 Neil Holding8 Tony Burke9 Paul Groves10 Stuart Evans11 Paul Forber12 Roy Haggerty13 John FieldhouseSubstitutions:14 Bernard Dwyer for Stuart Evans15 Shaun Allen for John FieldhouseCoach: Alex Murphy References Category:1988 in English rugby league