1986–87 Rugby Football League season

none 1986–87 Rugby Football League season Stones Bitter Championship First Division: 16 Second Division: 18 First Division Wigan (10th title) Champions Wigan Premiership winners ENG Ellery Hanley Man of Steel Award ENG Paul Loughlin (424) ENG Ellery Hanley (63) Hunslet Swinton Second Division Oldham Featherstone Rovers Barrow Wakefield Trinity Second Division Second Division Hunslet Champions Swinton Derek Bate (31) 1985–86 Rugby Football League season 1985–86 1987–88 Rugby Football League season 1987–88 The 1986–87 Rugby Football League season was the 92nd season of rugby league football. Sixteen clubs competed for the Championship which was determined by League position. Season summary Stones Bitter League Champions were Wigan for the tenth time in their history, losing only two league games all season - both to Warrington. Oldham, Featherstone Rovers, Barrow and Wakefield Trinity were relegated. A one-off 'two-up, four-down' promotion was used to reduce the top division to 14 clubs. A complicated fixture formula was introduced in the Second Division and continued until the 1991–92 season.http://wigan.rlfans.com/fusion_pages/index.php?page_id=406 1986-87 Season summary 2009-08-08 https://web.archive.org/web/20090826215653/http://wigan.rlfans.com/fusion_pages/index.php?page_id=406 2009-08-26 live 2nd Division Champions were Hunslet, and Swinton were also promoted. A Premiership competition for Second Division teams was introduced for the first time. The structure was the same as the existing First Division Premiership, with the teams in the top eight league positions qualifying for an end-of-season knockout tournament. The finals of both competitions were played on the same day as a double header at Old Trafford. First Division main WDL WIG STH WAR CAS HFX HKR BRA WID SAL LEI HUL LEE OLD FEA BAR WAK PO PO PO PO PO PO PO PO R R R R 28 0 2 941 193 20 1 9 835 465 20 1 9 728 464 20 0 10 631 429 17 1 12 553 487 16 0 14 446 531 15 1 14 555 550 14 0 16 598 613 14 0 16 509 656 13 1 16 549 610 13 1 16 538 650 13 0 17 565 571 13 0 17 554 679 8 1 21 498 776 7 2 21 456 725 4 1 25 386 943 C R R R R Wigan St Helens Warrington Castleford Halifax Hull Kingston Rovers Bradford Northern Widnes Salford Leigh Hull Leeds Oldham Featherstone Rovers Barrow Wakefield Trinity 1) Points; 2) Points scored percentage (points scored divided by points conceded) yes points complete https://www.rugbyleagueproject.org/seasons/championship-1986-87/summary.html Championship 1986/87 Rugby League Project 19 March 2026 2 1 0 QR yellow1 Qualification for Premiership first round red2 Relegated Second Division main WDL HUN SWI WHI DON ROC SHE BRA CAR BLA YOR RUN FUL BAT WOR HUD MAN DEW KEI P P PO PO PO PO PO PO 25 0 3 722 218 23 1 4 713 323 21 1 6 577 304 20 1 7 586 388 19 1 8 519 369 17 0 11 625 426 16 0 12 407 440 15 1 12 463 446 14 0 14 530 477 11 0 17 492 537 10 1 17 391 533 8 2 18 461 632 9 0 19 335 528 9 0 19 405 652 8 0 20 456 673 8 0 20 366 592 8 0 20 328 563 7 0 21 366 641 CP P Hunslet Swinton Whitehaven Doncaster Rochdale Hornets Sheffield Eagles Bramley Carlisle Blackpool Borough York Runcorn Highfield Fulham Batley Workington Town Huddersfield Barracudas Mansfield Marksman Dewsbury Keighley 1) Points; 2) Points scored percentage (points scored divided by points conceded) yes points complete https://www.rugbyleagueproject.org/seasons/second-division-1986-87/summary.html Second Division 1986/87 Rugby League Project 19 March 2026 2 1 0 PQ green2 Promotion to First Division Qualification for Divisional Premiership first round yellow1 Qualification for Divisional Premiership first round Premierships 1986–87 Rugby League Premiership First Division Premiership 17 May 1987 Wigan (1) 8-0 Warrington (3) G-Gill, Stephenson T-Lydon Old Trafford 38,756 Kevin Allatt Joe Lydon Divisional Premiership 1986–87 Rugby League Divisional Premiership 17 May 1987 Swinton (2) 27 – 10 Hunslet (1) Bate, Derbyshire, Grima, Lee, Ainsworth Rippon (3) L. Holliday Bateman (2) Platt Old Trafford, Manchester Gary Ainsworth References Sources 1986-87 Rugby Football League season at wigan.rlfans.com Category:1986 in English rugby league Category:1987 in English rugby league Category:Rugby Football League seasons