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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.
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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.
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. A desperate tackle by Halifax's John Pendlebury was seen as instrumental in giving his side the victory, 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. 2nd Division Champions were Hunslet, and Swinton were also promoted.