1986–87 Challenge Cup

1987 Silk Cut Challenge Cup
Duration6 Rounds
Number of teams38
Broadcast partnersBBC
Winners Halifax
Runners-up St. Helens
Lance Todd Trophy Graham Eadie

The 1987 Challenge Cup was the 86th staging of rugby league's oldest knockout competition, the Challenge Cup. Known as the Silk Cut Challenge Cup for due to sponsorship from Silk Cut, the tournament featured clubs from the 1986-87 Rugby Football League season. It culminated in the final contested by Halifax and St. Helens at Wembley. Halifax won the match 19–18.