1988 Five Nations Championship squads
Appearance
Head coach: Geoff Cooke
- Rob Andrew
- Will Carling
- Les Cusworth
- Wade Dooley
- Simon Halliday
- Richard Harding
- Mike Harrison (c) *
- Nigel Melville (c) *
- Brian Moore
- John Orwin
- Chris Oti
- Jeff Probyn
- Gary Rees
- Paul Rendall
- Dean Richards
- Kevin Simms
- Mickey Skinner
- Rory Underwood
- Jon Webb
- Peter Winterbottom
- captain in the first two games
- captain in the last two games
Head coach: Jacques Fouroux
- Marc Andrieu
- Louis Armary
- Pierre Berbizier
- Philippe Bérot
- Serge Blanco
- Éric Bonneval
- Didier Camberabero
- Alain Carminati
- Marc Cécillon
- Éric Champ
- Jean Condom
- Daniel Dubroca (c)
- Dominique Erbani
- Jean-Pierre Garuet-Lempirou
- Jean-Baptiste Lafond
- Patrice Lagisquet
- Jean-Patrick Lescarboura
- Alain Lorieux
- Franck Mesnel
- Pascal Ondarts
- Jean-Charles Orso
- Laurent Rodriguez
- Philippe Sella
- Jean-Paul Trille
Head coach: Jim Davidson
- Willie Anderson
- Michael Bradley
- Tom Clancy
- Keith Crossan
- Phil Danaher
- Paul Dean
- Des Fitzgerald
- John Fitzgerald
- Michael Gibson
- Michael Kiernan
- Terry Kingston
- Donal Lenihan (c)
- Hugo MacNeill
- Phillip Matthews
- Denis McBride
- Mick Moylett
- Brendan Mullin
- Trevor Ringland
- William Sexton
- Don Whittle
Head coach: Jim Telfer
- Roger Baird
- Finlay Calder
- Gary Callander (c)
- Alister Campbell
- Richard Cramb
- Damian Cronin
- Matt Duncan
- Gavin Hastings
- Scott Hastings
- John Jeffrey
- Andrew Ker
- Roy Laidlaw
- Iain Paxton
- Keith Robertson
- Norrie Rowan
- David Sole
- Alan Tait
- Iwan Tukalo
- Derek Turnbull
- Derek White
Head coach: Tony Gray
- Bleddyn Bowen (c)
- Anthony Buchanan
- Tony Clement
- Richie Collins
- Jonathan Davies
- Ieuan Evans
- Adrian Hadley
- Robert Jones
- Staff Jones
- Phil May
- Paul Moriarty
- Bob Norster
- Kevin Phillips
- Rowland Phillips
- Jeremy Pugh
- Mark Ring
- Paul Thorburn
- Ian Watkins
- Glen Webbe