1987 Eastern Suburbs Roosters season

The 1987 Eastern Suburbs Roosters season was the 80th in the club's history. They competed in the NSWRL's 1987 Winfield Cup Premiership, finishing the regular season 2nd (out of 13), before competing in the play-offs and coming within one match of the grand final only to lose to the Canberra Raiders. The Roosters also competed in the 1987 National Panasonic Cup.

Contents

Line-up

Russell Bartlett, Brian Battese, Wayne Challis, Paul Danes, David French, Trevor Gillmeister, Brendon Hall, Steve Hardy, Kevin Hastings, Peter Johnston, Glenn Leggott, Joe Lydon, Terry Matterson, Hugh McGahan Mike McLean, John Mackay, Tony Melrose, Steve Morris, Trevor Patterson, Wayne Portlock, Gary Prohm, Tony Rampling, John Richards, Ron Ryan, Craig Salvatori, Danny Shepherd, Kurt Sherlock, Robert Simpkins, David Smith, Laurie Spina, Brad Tassell, Brad Tessmann, John Thomas, John Tobin, David Trewhella, Mark Wheeler, Gary Wurth.

Ladder

Team Pld W D L B PF PA PD Pts
1 Manly-Warringah 24 18 1 5 2 553 356 +197 41
2 Eastern Suburbs 24 15 1 8 2 390 353 +37 35
3 Canberra 24 15 0 9 2 441 325 +116 34
4 Balmain 24 14 1 9 2 469 349 +120 33
5 South Sydney 24 13 1 10 2 310 342 -32 31
6 Canterbury-Bankstown 24 13 0 11 2 353 316 +37 30
7 Parramatta 24 12 0 12 2 417 411 +6 28
8 Cronulla-Sutherland 24 11 1 12 2 390 433 -43 27
9 St. George 24 10 2 12 2 394 409 -15 26
10 North Sydney 24 11 0 13 2 368 401 -33 26
11 Illawarra 24 8 0 16 2 372 449 -77 20
12 Penrith 24 6 1 17 2 274 399 -125 17
13 Western Suburbs 24 5 2 17 2 339 527 -188 16

Season summary

Season Highlights

References

Preceded by
1986
Season
1987
Succeeded by
1988