The Stones Bitter League Champions were Widnes for the second time in their history, exactly ten years after their first. Leigh, Swinton and Hunslet were relegated.
Wigan had reached the final by beating Bradford Northern 2–0 in Round One at home on 30 Jan; Leeds 30–14 in Round Two at home on 14 Feb; Widnes 10–1 in the Quarter Final at home on 27 Feb and Salford 34–4 in the semi-final played at Bolton on 12 Mar.
Wigan beat Halifax 32–12 in the final played at Wembley before a crowd of 94,273.[2]
This was Wigan's ninth Challenge Cup Final win in eighteen Final appearances. It was the start of their record breaking eight Challenge Cup Final wins in a row.
^"1987-88 Season summary". from the original on 2009-08-27. Retrieved 2009-08-08.
^. Archived from the original on 2009-09-01. Retrieved 2009-08-07.
Sources
1987-88 Rugby Football League season at wigan.rlfans.com
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1987, rugby, football, league, season, 93rd, season, rugby, league, football, britain, leaguestones, bitter, championship1987, seasonchampionswidnespremiershipwidnesman, steel, awardmartin, offiahtop, point, scorer, john, woods, 351top, scorer, martin, offiah,. The 1987 88 Rugby Football League season was the 93rd season of rugby league football in Britain 1987 88 Rugby Football League seasonLeagueStones Bitter Championship1987 88 SeasonChampionsWidnesPremiershipWidnesMan of Steel AwardMartin OffiahTop point scorer s John Woods 351Top try scorer s Martin Offiah 44Promotion and relegationPromoted from Second DivisionOldham Featherstone Rovers Wakefield TrinityRelegated to Second DivisionLeigh Swinton HunsletSecond DivisionChampionsOldhamTop point scorer s Kevin Pape Carlisle 23 1986 871988 89 Contents 1 Season summary 2 League Tables 2 1 Championship final Standings 2 2 Second Division 3 Challenge Cup 4 League Cup 5 Premiership 6 References 7 SourcesSeason summary EditDuring the season defending champions Wigan hosted NSWRL champions the Manly Warringah Sea Eagles in the 1987 World Club Challenge match Wigan were World Club Champions for the first time when they beat Manly Warringah 8 2 at Central Park Wigan on 7 Oct 1987 before a crowd of 36 895 1 The Stones Bitter League Champions were Widnes for the second time in their history exactly ten years after their first Leigh Swinton and Hunslet were relegated The Challenge Cup winners were Wigan who beat Halifax 32 12 in the final John Player Special Trophy winners were St Helens who beat Leeds 15 14 in the final Rugby League Premiership Trophy Winners were Widnes who beat St Helens 38 14 in the final 2nd Division Champions were Oldham Featherstone Rovers and Wakefield Trinity were also promoted Blackpool Borough changed their name to Springfield Borough Wigan beat Warrington 28 16 to win the Lancashire County Cup and Bradford Northern beat Castleford 12 12 replay 11 2 to win the Yorkshire County Cup At the end of the season players from the League were selected to go on the 1988 Great Britain Lions tour League Tables EditChampionship final Standings Edit Team Pld W D L PF PA Pts1 Widnes 26 20 0 6 641 311 402 St Helens 26 18 0 8 672 337 363 Wigan 26 17 2 7 621 327 364 Bradford Northern 26 18 0 8 528 304 365 Leeds 26 15 3 8 577 450 336 Warrington 26 14 2 10 531 416 307 Castleford 26 13 0 13 505 559 268 Halifax 26 12 0 14 499 437 249 Hull Kingston Rovers 26 11 1 14 420 480 2310 Hull 26 11 0 15 364 595 2211 Salford 26 10 0 16 368 561 2012 Leigh 26 9 0 17 416 559 1813 Swinton 26 4 2 20 390 780 1014 Hunslet 26 4 2 20 363 779 10 Champions Play offs Relegated Second Division Edit Team Pld W D L PF PA Pts1 Oldham 28 23 1 4 771 335 472 Featherstone Rovers 28 21 2 5 712 353 443 Wakefield Trinity 28 20 1 7 666 315 414 Springfield Borough 28 18 0 10 448 356 365 Sheffield Eagles 28 16 1 11 490 429 336 York 28 15 1 12 558 526 317 Mansfield Marksman 28 15 1 12 439 412 318 Keighley 28 15 0 13 497 428 309 Barrow 28 14 2 12 382 397 3010 Workington Town 28 15 0 13 380 441 3011 Carlisle 28 14 1 13 388 444 2912 Runcorn Highfield 28 14 0 14 420 469 2813 Whitehaven 28 10 1 17 417 452 2114 Bramley 28 10 1 17 400 600 2115 Dewsbury 28 10 0 18 417 519 2016 Doncaster 28 9 2 17 406 512 2017 Fulham 28 10 0 18 382 559 2018 Rochdale Hornets 28 10 0 18 322 514 2019 Huddersfield Barracudas 28 7 1 20 383 597 1520 Batley 28 6 1 21 305 523 13 PromotedChallenge Cup EditMain article 1988 Challenge Cup Wigan had reached the final by beating Bradford Northern 2 0 in Round One at home on 30 Jan Leeds 30 14 in Round Two at home on 14 Feb Widnes 10 1 in the Quarter Final at home on 27 Feb and Salford 34 4 in the semi final played at Bolton on 12 Mar Wigan beat Halifax 32 12 in the final played at Wembley before a crowd of 94 273 2 This was Wigan s ninth Challenge Cup Final win in eighteen Final appearances It was the start of their record breaking eight Challenge Cup Final wins in a row The Wigan scrum half Andy Gregory won the Lance Todd Trophy for his man of the match performance League Cup EditMain article 1987 88 League Cup rugby league Premiership EditMain article 1987 88 Rugby League PremiershipReferences Edit 1987 88 Season summary Archived from the original on 2009 08 27 Retrieved 2009 08 08 RFL Challenge Cup Roll of Honour Archived from the original on 2009 09 01 Retrieved 2009 08 07 Sources Edit1987 88 Rugby Football League season at wigan rlfans com The Challenge Cup at The Rugby Football League website Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title 1987 88 Rugby Football League season amp oldid 1140518712, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
