1986–87 Rugby Football League season

1986–87 Rugby Football League season
Stones Bitter Championship
1986–87 Season
Champions Wigan
Premiership winners Wigan
Man of Steel Ellery Hanley
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
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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 Wigan30280294119356
2 St Helens30201983546541
3 Warrington30201972846441
4 Castleford302001063142940
5 Halifax301711255348735
6 Hull Kingston Rovers301601444653132
7 Bradford Northern301511455555031
8 Widnes301401659861328
9 Salford301401650965628
10 Leigh301311654961027
11 Hull301311653865027
12 Leeds301301756557126
13 Oldham301301755467926
14 Featherstone Rovers30812149877617
15 Barrow30722145672516
16 Wakefield Trinity3041253869439
  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
1Hunslet28250372221850
2Swinton28231471332347
3Whitehaven28211657730443
4Doncaster28201758638841
5Rochdale Hornets28191851936939
6Sheffield Eagles281701162542634
7Bramley281601240744032
8Carlisle281511246344631
9Blackpool Borough281401453047728
10York281101749253722
11Runcorn Highfield281011739153321
12Fulham28821846163218
13Batley28901933552818
14Workington Town28901940565218
15Huddersfield Barracudas28802045667316
16Mansfield Marksman28802036659216
17Dewsbury28802032856316
18Keighley28702136664114
  Champions   Play-offs   Promoted   Relegated

References

  1. Raymond Fletcher; David Howes (1995). Rothmans Rugby League Yearbook 1995-1996. London: Headline Book Publishing. p. 191. ISBN 0-7472-7817-2.
  2. news.bbc.co.uk (27 February 2004). "Cup heroes: John Pendlebury". BBC News (UK: BBC). Retrieved 6 March 2011.
  3. "1986-87 Season summary". Archived from the original on 2009-09-25. Retrieved 2009-08-08.

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