Cunningham Duncombe Series


The Cunningham Duncombe Series is a series of pre-season friendlies between two English Rugby Union clubs; London Irish and Harlequins. The series is named in memory of two late former players, Jarrod Cunningham of London Irish and Nick Duncombe of Harlequins. The series was conceived in 2015 and kicked off with two matches played at Twickenham Stoop in back-to-back weeks. Although both matches were played at the Stoop. The teams took it in turns to act as the home side.
It was confirmed on 4 July, 2016 that the series would continue in 2016. Staged as a single home match for Harlequins at the Stoop.
The 2017 event would be London Irish's turn to host and would be held at their Hazelwood training ground.
YearDateHomeScoreAwayStadiumVictor
201525 SeptemberHarlequins22-17London IrishTwickenham StoopHarlequins
20152 OctoberLondon Irish29-37HarlequinsTwickenham StoopHarlequins
201613 AugustHarlequins12-28London IrishTwickenham StoopLondon Irish
201712 AugustLondon Irish29-31HarlequinsHazelwoodHarlequins