1987–88 Rugby League Premiership
# 1987–88 Rugby League Premiership

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

The winners were Widnes.

## 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 |

## Semi-finals

| Date | Team one | Team two | Score |
| - | - | - | - |
| 08 May | St Helens | Bradford Northern | 24-10 |
| 08 May | Widnes | Warrington | 20-10 |

## Final

* 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 | Duncan Platt |
| - | - |
| 2 | Rick Thackray |
| 3 | Andy Currier |
| 4 | Darren Wright |
| 5 | Martin Offiah |
| 6 | Barry Dowd |
| 7 | David Hulme |
| 8 | Kurt Sorensen |
| 9 | Phil McKenzie |
| 10 | Joey Grima |
| 11 | Mike O'Neill |
| 12 | Paul Hulme |
| 13 | Richard Eyres |
| Substitutions: |
| 14 | Alan Tait for Rick Thackray |
| 15 | Steve O'Neill for Joey Grima |
| Coach: |
| Doug Laughton |
| 1 | Barry Ledger |
| 2 | David "Dave" Tanner |
| 3 | Paul Loughlin |
| 4 | Mark Elia |
| 5 | Les Quirk |
| 6 | Mark Bailey |
| 7 | Neil Holding |
| 8 | Tony Burke |
| 9 | Paul Groves |
| 10 | Stuart Evans |
| 11 | Paul Forber |
| 12 | Roy Haggerty |
| 13 | John Fieldhouse |
| Substitutions: |
| 14 | Bernard Dwyer for Stuart Evans |
| 15 | Shaun Allen for John Fieldhouse |
| Coach: |
| Alex Murphy |
