1988 Five Nations Championship squads explained

See main article: 1988 Five Nations Championship.

England

Head coach: Geoff Cooke

  1. Rob Andrew
  2. Will Carling
  3. Les Cusworth
  4. Wade Dooley
  5. Simon Halliday
  6. Richard Harding
  7. Mike Harrison (c) *
  8. Nigel Melville (c) *
  9. Brian Moore
  10. John Orwin
  11. Chris Oti
  12. Jeff Probyn
  13. Gary Rees
  14. Paul Rendall
  15. Dean Richards
  16. Kevin Simms
  17. Mickey Skinner
  18. Rory Underwood
  19. Jon Webb
  20. Peter Winterbottom

France

Head coach: Jacques Fouroux

  1. Marc Andrieu
  2. Louis Armary
  3. Pierre Berbizier
  4. Philippe Bérot
  5. Serge Blanco
  6. Éric Bonneval
  7. Didier Camberabero
  8. Alain Carminati
  9. Marc Cécillon
  10. Éric Champ
  11. Jean Condom
  12. Daniel Dubroca (c)
  13. Dominique Erbani
  14. Jean-Pierre Garuet-Lempirou
  15. Jean-Baptiste Lafond
  16. Patrice Lagisquet
  17. Jean-Patrick Lescarboura
  18. Alain Lorieux
  19. Franck Mesnel
  20. Pascal Ondarts
  21. Jean-Charles Orso
  22. Laurent Rodriguez
  23. Philippe Sella
  24. Jean-Paul Trille

Ireland

Head coach: Jim Davidson

  1. Willie Anderson
  2. Michael Bradley
  3. Tom Clancy
  4. Keith Crossan
  5. Phil Danaher
  6. Paul Dean
  7. Des Fitzgerald
  8. John Fitzgerald
  9. Michael Gibson
  10. Michael Kiernan
  11. Terry Kingston
  12. Donal Lenihan (c)
  13. Hugo MacNeill
  14. Phillip Matthews
  15. Denis McBride
  16. Mick Moylett
  17. Brendan Mullin
  18. Trevor Ringland
  19. William Sexton
  20. Don Whittle

Scotland

Head coach: Jim Telfer

  1. Roger Baird
  2. Finlay Calder
  3. Gary Callander (c)
  4. Alister Campbell
  5. Richard Cramb
  6. Damian Cronin
  7. Matt Duncan
  8. Gavin Hastings
  9. Scott Hastings
  10. John Jeffrey
  11. Andrew Ker
  12. Roy Laidlaw
  13. Iain Paxton
  14. Keith Robertson
  15. Norrie Rowan
  16. David Sole
  17. Alan Tait
  18. Iwan Tukalo
  19. Derek Turnbull
  20. Derek White

Wales

Head coach: Tony Gray

  1. Bleddyn Bowen (c)
  2. Anthony Buchanan
  3. Tony Clement
  4. Richie Collins
  5. Jonathan Davies
  6. Ieuan Evans
  7. Adrian Hadley
  8. Robert Jones
  9. Staff Jones
  10. Phil May
  11. Paul Moriarty
  12. Bob Norster
  13. Kevin Phillips
  14. Rowland Phillips
  15. Jeremy Pugh
  16. Mark Ring
  17. Paul Thorburn
  18. Ian Watkins
  19. Glen Webbe