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1988 England rugby union tour of Australia and Fiji

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1988 England rugby union tour of Australia and Fiji
ManagerGeoff Cooke
Tour captain(s)John Orwin
Summary
P W D L
Total
09 06 00 03
Test match
03 01 00 02
Opponent
P W D L
Australia
2 0 0 2
Fiji
1 1 0 0

The1988 England rugby union tour of Australia and Fijiwas a series of nine matches played by theEngland national rugby union teaminAustraliaandFijiin 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–matchtest seriesagainst theAustralia national rugby union teambut won the test match against theFiji national rugby union team.

Matches[edit]

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

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Touring party[edit]

Full-backs[edit]

Three-quarters[edit]

Half-backs[edit]

Replacements

  • Will Carling(Harlequins) 5 caps
  • Tim Buttimore (Leicester) No caps

Forwards[edit]

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^Stephen Jones, ed. (1988).England to Australia and Fiji 1988.London: Queen Anne Press.ISBN0-356-15884-5.
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