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Rugby league season
1987–88 Premiership
StructureNational knockout championship
WinnersWidnes
Runners-upSt Helens
← 1986–871988–89 →

The 1987–88 Rugby League Premiership was the 14th end of season Rugby League Premiership competition.

The winners were Widnes.

First round

Date Team one Team two Score
24 Apr Bradford Northern Leeds 32-18
24 Apr St Helens Castleford 40-8
24 Apr Widnes Halifax 36-26
24 Apr Wigan Warrington 12-24

Semi-finals

Date Team one Team two Score
8 May St Helens Bradford Northern 24-10
8 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
Attendance: 35,252
Referee: John Holdsworth
Player of the Match: David Hulme
1 Duncan Platt
2 Rick Thackray
3 Andy Currier
4 Darren Wright
5 Martin Offiah
6 Barry Dowd
7 David Hulme
8 Kurt Sorensen
9 Phil McKenzie
10 Joey Grima
11 Mike O'Neill
12 Paul Hulme
13 Richard Eyres
Substitutions:
14 Alan Tait for Rick Thackray
15 Steve O'Neill for Joey Grima
Coach:
Doug Laughton
1 Barry Ledger
2 David "Dave" Tanner
3 Paul Loughlin
4 Mark Elia
5 Les Quirk
6 Mark Bailey
7 Neil Holding
8 Tony Burke
9 Paul Groves
10 Stuart Evans
11 Paul Forber
12 Roy Haggerty
13 John Fieldhouse
Substitutions:
14 Bernard Dwyer for Stuart Evans
15 Shaun Allen for John Fieldhouse
Coach:
Alex Murphy

References

  1. "Premiership title". Rugby League Project.
  2. "Premiership title 1987-88". Rugby League Project.
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