1986–87 Rugby Football League season

Stones Bitter Championship

1986–87 Season

Champions

Wigan

Top point-scorer(s)

Paul Loughlin 424

Top try-scorer(s)

Ellery Hanley 63

Promotion and relegation

Promoted from Second Division

Hunslet

Swinton

Whitehaven

Doncaster

Relegated to Second Division

Oldham

Featherstone Rovers

Barrow

Wakefield Trinity

Second Division

Champions

Hunslet

Top try-scorer(s)

Derek Bate 31

< 1985–86	Seasons	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

The Silk Cut Challenge Cup Winners were Halifax who beat St. Helens 19-18 in the final.

The John Player Special Trophy Winners were Wigan who beat Warrington 18-4 in the final.

The Stones Bitter Premiership Trophy Winners were Wigan who beat Warrington 8-0 in the final.

Wigan beat Oldham 27–6 to win the Lancashire Cup, and Castleford beat Hull 31–24 to win the Yorkshire Cup.

Championship

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.

	Team	Pld	W	D	L	PF	PA	Pts
1	Wigan	30	28	0	2	941	193	56
2	St Helens	30	20	1	9	835	465	41
3	Warrington	30	20	1	9	728	464	41
4	Castleford	30	20	0	10	631	429	40
5	Halifax	30	17	1	12	553	487	35
6	Hull Kingston Rovers	30	16	0	14	446	531	32
7	Bradford Northern	30	15	1	14	555	550	31
8	Widnes	30	14	0	16	598	613	28
9	Salford	30	14	0	16	509	656	28
10	Leigh	30	13	1	16	549	610	27
11	Hull	30	13	1	16	538	650	27
12	Leeds	30	13	0	17	565	571	26
13	Oldham	30	13	0	17	554	679	26
14	Featherstone Rovers	30	8	1	21	498	776	17
15	Barrow	30	7	2	21	456	725	16
16	Wakefield Trinity	30	4	1	25	386	943	9

	Champions		Play-offs		Relegated

Challenge Cup

Main article: 1987 Challenge Cup

Wigan’s 10-8 defeat to Oldham in Round One this season, would be their last Challenge Cup defeat until February 1996.

Halifax and St Helens reached the final with 'Fax coming out victorious with a 19-18 win at Wembley before a crowd of 91,267.^[1] A desperate tackle by Halifax's John Pendlebury was seen as instrumental in giving his side the victory,^[2] which was their fifth in twelve Final appearances.

Halifax's Australian fullback, Graham Eadie, won the Lance Todd Trophy.

Second Division

A complicated fixture formula was introduced in the Second Division and continued until the 1991–92 season.^[3] 2nd Division Champions were Hunslet, and Swinton were also promoted.

	Team	Pld	W	D	L	PF	PA	Pts
1	Hunslet	28	25	0	3	722	218	50
2	Swinton	28	23	1	4	713	323	47
3	Whitehaven	28	21	1	6	577	304	43
4	Doncaster	28	20	1	7	586	388	41
5	Rochdale Hornets	28	19	1	8	519	369	39
6	Sheffield Eagles	28	17	0	11	625	426	34
7	Bramley	28	16	0	12	407	440	32
8	Carlisle	28	15	1	12	463	446	31
9	Blackpool Borough	28	14	0	14	530	477	28
10	York	28	11	0	17	492	537	22
11	Runcorn Highfield	28	10	1	17	391	533	21
12	Fulham	28	8	2	18	461	632	18
13	Batley	28	9	0	19	335	528	18
14	Workington Town	28	9	0	19	405	652	18
15	Huddersfield Barracudas	28	8	0	20	456	673	16
16	Mansfield Marksman	28	8	0	20	366	592	16
17	Dewsbury	28	8	0	20	328	563	16
18	Keighley	28	7	0	21	366	641	14

	Champions		Play-offs		Promoted		Relegated

References

↑ Raymond Fletcher; David Howes (1995). Rothmans Rugby League Yearbook 1995-1996. London: Headline Book Publishing. p. 191. ISBN 0-7472-7817-2.
↑ news.bbc.co.uk (27 February 2004). "Cup heroes: John Pendlebury". BBC News (UK: BBC). Retrieved 6 March 2011.
↑ "1986-87 Season summary". Archived from the original on 2009-09-25. Retrieved 2009-08-08.

Sources

1986-87 Rugby Football League season at wigan.rlfans.com

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