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.
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Manager | Geoff Cooke | ||||
Tour captain(s) | John Orwin | ||||
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Matches
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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
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Full-backsedit
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Half-backsedit
Replacements
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Forwardsedit
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See also
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edit- ^ Stephen Jones, ed. (1988). England to Australia and Fiji 1988. London: Queen Anne Press. ISBN 0-356-15884-5.