The 1988 England rugby union tour of Australia and Fiji was a series of nine matches played by the England national rugby union team in Australia and Fiji in May and June 1988. The England team won six of their nine matches and lost the other three. England lost both games in the two–match test series against the Australia national rugby union team but won the test match against the Fiji national rugby union team.
Matches Date Venue Home Score Away 17 May 1988 Quarry Hill Rugby Park, Mackay Queensland Country 7 – 39 England XV 22 May 1988 Ballymore, Brisbane Queensland 18 – 22 England XV 25 May 1988 Gold Park, Toowoomba Queensland 'B' 7 – 19 England XV 29 May 1988 Ballymore, Brisbane 22 – 16 1 June 1988 Hindmarsh Stadium, Adelaide South Australia Invitation XV 10 – 37 England XV 5 June 1988 Concord Oval, Sydney New South Wales 23 – 12 England XV 8 June 1988 Brandon Park, Wollongong New South Wales 'B' 9 – 25 England XV 12 June 1988 Concord Oval, Sydney 28 – 8 16 June 1988 National Stadium, Suva 12 – 25
Touring party Manager: Geoff Cooke Assistant Coaches: Alan Davies and David Robinson Captain: John Orwin (Bedford) 12 caps
Full-backs Ray Adamson (Top points scorer of the tour) (Wakefield) No caps Jonathan Webb (Bristol) 9 caps
Three-quarters Bryan Barley (Wakefield) 4 caps John Bentley (Sale) 1 cap John Buckton (Saracens) No caps Barry Evans (Leicester) No caps Simon Halliday (Bath) 6 caps Rory Underwood (RAF/Leicester) 24 capsHalf-backs Rob Andrew (Wasps) 17 caps Stuart Barnes (Bath) 7 caps Richard Harding (Bristol) 9 caps Simon Robson (Moseley) No caps Replacements Will Carling (Harlequins) 5 caps Tim Buttimore (Leicester) No capsForwards Gareth Chilcott (Bath) 9 caps Graham Dawe (Bath) 4 caps Wade Dooley (Preston Grasshoppers) 20 caps David Egerton (Bath) 1 cap Brian Moore (Nottingham) 9 caps John Orwin (Bedford) 12 caps Gary Pearce (Northampton) 34 caps Jeff Probyn (Wasps) 5 caps Nigel Redman (Bath) 7 caps Gary Rees (Nottingham) 14 caps Paul Rendall (Wasps) 15 caps Dean Richards (Leicester) 11 caps Andy Robinson (Bath) No caps Mick Skinner (Harlequins) 5 caps
See also History of rugby union matches between Australia and England
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