1998 England rugby union tour of Australasia and South Africa

Contents

Matches

The tour is often referred to in rugby culture as 'The Tour of Hell' due to the number of heavy defeats suffered by the England team

Scores and results list England's points tally first.
Opposing Team For Against Date Venue Status
Australia 0 76 06/06/1998 Lang Park, Brisbane Test Match
New Zealand 'A' 10 18 13/06/1998 Rugby Park, Hamilton Tour Match
New Zealand Rugby Academy 32 50 16/06/1998 Homestead Stadium, Invercargill Tour Match
New Zealand 22 64 20/06/1998 Carisbrook, Dunedin First Test
New Zealand Māori 14 62 23/06/1998 International Stadium, Rotorua Tour Match
New Zealand 10 40 27/06/1998 Eden Park, Auckland Second Test
South Africa 0 18 04/07/1998 Newlands, Cape Town Test Match

Touring party

Full Back

Tim Stimpson, Matt Perry, Nick Beal, Paul Sampson

Three-Quarters

Josh Lewsey, Stuart Potter, Dominic Chapman, Spencer Brown, Steve Ravenscroft, Tom Beim

Half-Backs

Matt Dawson, Austin Healey, Scott Benton, Jonny Wilkinson, Jos Baxendell, Alex King,

Forwards

Phil Vickery, Richard Cockerill, Graham Rowntree, Duncan Bell, Will Green, Danny Grewcock, Garath Archer, Ben Clarke, Phil Greening, Richard Pool-Jones, Dave Sims, Rob Fidler, Tony Diprose, Ben Sturnham, Pat Sanderson, Steve Ojomoh,

England Rugby Tours
Australasia (1963) • Canada (1967) • Far East (1971) • South Africa (1972) • Fiji and New Zealand (1973) • Australia (1975) • Japan, Fiji and Tonga (1979) • Argentina (1981) • Canada and USA (1982) • South Africa (1984) • New Zealand (1985) • Australia and Fiji (1988) • Romania (1989) • Argentina (1990) • Australia and Fiji (1991) • Canada (1993) • South Africa (1994) • Argentina and Australia (1997) Australasia and South Africa (1998) • Australia (1999) • South Africa (2000) • North America (2001) • Argentina (2002) • Australasia (2003) • Australasia (2004) • Australia (2006) • South Africa (2007) • New Zealand (2008) • Australasia (2010)