1987–88 Rugby League Premiership

1987–88 Premiership
Structure	National knockout championship
Winners	Widnes
Runners-up	St Helens

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
8 May	St Helens	Bradford Northern	24-10
8 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