1988 Australia rugby union tour of England, Scotland and Italy

Summary

P	W	D	L

Total

15	12	00	03

Test match

03	02	00	01

Opponent

P	W	D	L

England

1	0	0	1

Scotland

1	1	0	0

Italy

1	1	0	0

The 1988 Australia rugby union tour of England, Scotland and Italy was a series of fifteen matches played by the Australia national rugby union team (the Wallabies) in England, Scotland and Italy (with one match in Wales) from October to December 1988. The Wallabies won eleven of their matches and lost the other four; they lost to England in their first international match but beat Scotland in the second and concluded the tour with a further international win over Italy.

Matches

Scores and results list Australia's points tally first.

Opposing Team	Result	For	Against	Date	Venue
London	Lost	10	21	15 October	Twickenham, London
Northern Division	Lost	9	15	19 October	Cross Green, Otley
England B	Won	37	9	22 October	Heywood Road, Sale
South-West Division	Lost	10	26	26 October	Bristol
Midland Division	Won	25	18	29 October	Welford Road, Leicester
England Students	Won	36	13	1 November	Cambridge
ENGLAND	Lost	19	28	5 November	Twickenham, London
Edinburgh	Won	25	19	9 November	Myreside, Edinburgh
South of Scotland	Won	29	4	12 November	Mansfield Park, Hawick
North and Midlands of Scotland	Won	37	17	15 November	Dundee
SCOTLAND	Won	32	13	19 November	Murrayfield, Edinburgh
Combined Services	Won	48	7	22 November	Aldershot Military Stadium, Aldershot
Barbarians	Won	40	22	26 November	Cardiff Arms Park, Cardiff
Italy B	Won	26	18	30 November	Prato
ITALY	Won	55	6	3 December	Rome

Touring party

Coach : Bob Dwyer
Assistant coach : Bob Templeton
Tour Manager: A. J. Conway
Captain: Nick Farr-Jones

References

Stephen Jones, ed. (1989). Rothmans Rugby Yearbook 1989–90. Queen Anne Press. pp. 21–27. ISBN 0-356-17862-5.

Australia national rugby union team

Rugby Australia

History

Records

Players

Home stadium

Stadium Australia

Competitions and trophies

Related teams

Matches

World Cup finals	1991 1999 2003 2015
By opponent	Argentina Barbarians British & Irish Lions England Fiji France Ireland Italy New Zealand Scotland South Africa Wales

Tours

Argentina	1979 1987 1997 2002
New Zealand	1905 1913 1921 1923 1925 1928 1931 1936 1946 1949 1952 1955 1958 1962 1964 1967 1972 1978 1982 1986 1990 1991
South Africa	1933 1953 1961 1963 1969 1992
Europe	1908–09 1927–28 1939–40 1947–48 1957–58 1966–67 1968 1971 1973 1975–76 1976 1981–82 1983 1984 1988 1989 1992 1993 1996 1997 1998 2000 2001 2002 2004 2005 2006 2008 2009 2013
Oceania	1972 1980 1984
North America	1909 1912 1928 1948 1958 1967 1976 1989 1993
Asia	2000 2008 2009 2010

See also

Wally

v t e Rugby union tours of Italy
Argentina	1978 1998 2002 2005 2006 2008 2021
Australia	1973 (unofficial) 1976 (unofficial) 1983 1988 2002 2006 2008 2013
New Zealand	1977 (no test) 1979 (unofficial) 1995 2000 2004
South Africa	1995 1997 2001
Asia and Oceanian teams	1976 2001 2001 2005 2005 2005 2008
North American Teams	2000 2004 2004

v t e Rugby union tours of England
Argentina	1978 1990 1999 2000 2006 2022
Australia	1908–09 1927–28 (Waratahs) 1947–48 1957–58 1966–67 1973 1975–76 1981–82 1984 1988 1997 1998 2000 2001 2002 2004 2005 2008 2009 2013
New Zealand	1905 1924–25 1935–36 1953–54 1963–64 1967 1972–73 1974 (no test) 1978 1979 1983 1993 1997 2002 2005 2006 2008
South Africa	1906–07 1912–13 1931–32 1951–52 1960–61 1969–70 1992 1996 ("A" team) 1997 1998 2000 2001 2002 2004 2006 2008
Romania	1984–85
Japan	1973 (no test) 1976 (no test) 1986
Fiji	1982 (no test) 1985 (no test) 1989
Samoa	1989 (no test) 1995 1996 (no test) 2005
Tonga	1997 (no test)
Pacific Islanders	2008
Canada	1979 (no test) 1983 (no test) 1994 1999 2004
United States	1924 (no test) 1977 (no test) 1999
Maori All Blacks	1888–89 1926–27

v t e Rugby union tours of Scotland
Argentina	1973 1990 1999 2001 2005 2022
Australia	1947–48 1957–58 1966–67 1968 1975–76 1981–82 1984 1988 1996 1997 2000 2006 2009 2013
New South Wales	1927–28
New Zealand	1888–89 (NZ Natives) 1905 1935–36 1953–54 1963–64 1967 1972–73 1978 1979 1983 1993 2001 2005 2008
South Africa	1906–07 1912–13 1931–32 1951–52 1960–61 1965 1969–70 1994 1996 ("A" team) 1997 1998 2002 2004 2008
Romania	1981 2002
Fiji	1982 (no test) 1989 2002
Samoa	1995 2000 2005
Tonga	1997 (no test) 2001
Pacific Islanders	2006
Japan	1976 (no test) 1986 2004
United States	2000
Canada	2008