1986–87 Divisional Championship (rugby union)

Rugby union competition in England 1986-87 Divisional Championship England North 3 1985-86 1987-88 The 1986–87 Divisional Championship was the fourth edition of the tournament launched by the Rugby Football Union to help prepare England players for test rugby and was contested across three weekends in December 1986. The tournament was the second to be held after it was revived in a round robin format in 1985. The North Division won the tournament for the third time, winning all three of their games. Each of the other divisional teams won one game. The Rothmans Rugby Yearbook review of the tournament was critical, saying that it “it did not prove as successful as had been hoped, either from the point of view of producing players for England or as a high-quality competition in itself”.Jones Stephen Rothmans Rugby Yearbook, 1987-88. 1987 Queen Anne Press London 0356147916 138-140 Thorn-EMI Divisional Championship 1986 Results 6 Dec 1986 North 16-12 South and South-West Blundellsands R Parker (West Midlands) 6 Dec 1986 London 13–9 Midlands Wasps RFC, Sudbury Fred Howard (Liverpool) 13 Dec 1986 South and South-West 11-0 London Recreation Ground, Bath D W Matthews (Liverpool) 13 Dec 1986 North 22-16 Midlands County Ground, Gosforth Laurie Prideaux (Cornwall) 20 Dec 1986 London 6-34 North Wasps RFC, Sudbury I Bullerwell (East Midlands) 20 Dec 1986 Midlands 18-10 South and South-West Welford Road, Leicester Colin High (Manchester) References Category:Divisional Championship (rugby union) Divisional Championship Divisional Championship