 At the end of the season players from the League were selected to go on the 1988 Great Britain Lions tour.Wigan had reached the final by beating Bradford Northern 2-0 in Round One at home on 30 Jan; Leeds 30-14 in Round Two at home on 14 Feb; Widnes 10-1 in the Quarter Final at home on 27 Feb and Salford 34-4 in the semi-final played at Bolton on 12 Mar.Wigan beat Halifax 32-12 in the final played at Wembley before a crowd of 94,273.