1988 England rugby union tour of Australia and Fiji
# 1988 England rugby union tour of Australia and Fiji

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 | Australia | 22 – 16 | England |
| 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 | Australia | 28 – 8 | England |
| 16 June 1988 | National Stadium, Suva | Fiji | 12 – 25 | England |

## 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 caps | Half-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 caps | Forwards 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 |
