1987–88 Rugby League Premiership

1987–88 Premiership
1987–88 Premiership
Structure	National knockout championship
Winners	Widnes
Runners-up	St Helens
	← 1986–87 1988–89 →

The 1987–88 Rugby League Premiership was the 14th end of season Rugby League Premiership competition.^[1]

The winners were Widnes.^[2]

First Round[]

Date	Team One	Team Two	Score
24 Apr	Bradford Northern	Leeds	32-18
24 Apr	St Helens	Castleford	40-8
24 Apr	Widnes	Halifax	36-26
24 Apr	Wigan	Warrington	12-24

Date	Team One	Team Two	Score
08 May	St Helens	Bradford Northern	24-10
08 May	Widnes	Warrington	20-10

15 May 1988

Widnes	38-14	St Helens
T-Tait, D Wright, D Hulme (2), Sorensen, McKenzie G-Platt, Currier(4)		T-Ledger, Haggerty G-Loughlin (3)

Old Trafford
Attendance: 35,252
Referee: John Holdsworth
Player of the Match: David Hulme


1	Barry Ledger
2
3	Paul Loughlin
4	Mark Elia
5	Les Quirk
6
7	Neil Holding
8
9	Paul Groves
10	Stuart Evans
11
12	Roy Haggerty
13	John Fieldhouse
Substitutions:
14	Bernard Dwyer for Stuart Evans
15	Shaun Allen for John Fieldhouse
Coach:
Alex Murphy