1987 Eastern Suburbs Roosters season
They competed in the NSWRL's 1987 Winfield Cup Premiership , finishing the regular season 2nd ( out of 13 ) , before competing in the play-offs and coming within one match of the grand final only to lose to the Canberra Raiders . 
<triplet> 1987 Winfield Cup <subj> 1987 <obj> point in time