1986–87 Rugby Football League season
Stones Bitter Championship | ||||
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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 | |
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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
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 | |
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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.