1986–87 Rugby Football League season
| 1986–87 Rugby Football League season | |
|---|---|
| League | Stones Bitter Championship |
| 1986–87 Season | |
| Champions |
 Wigan
|
| Premiership winners |
Wigan
|
| Man of Steel |
Ellery Hanley
|
| Top point-scorer(s) |
 Paul Loughlin 424
|
| Top try-scorer(s) |
Ellery Hanley 63
|
| Promotion and relegation | |
| Promoted from Second Division |
 Hunslet Swinton Whitehaven Doncaster
|
| Relegated to Second Division |
 Oldham Featherstone Rovers Barrow Wakefield Trinity
|
| Second Division | |
| Champions |
Hunslet
|
| Top try-scorer(s) |
Derek Bate 31
|
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.
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 County Cup, and Castleford beat Hull F.C. 31–24 to win the Yorkshire County Cup.
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.
Wigan’s 10-8 defeat to Oldham in Round One this season, would be their last Challenge Cup defeat until February 1996.
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