Position
Back Row
Test Caps
12
Club
Harlequins
Age
21
Height
196
Weight
120
U20 Caps
16
Chandler Cunningham-South
Capped for England at U20 level, Chandler Cunningham-South joined the London Irish academy in 2022 and made his Gallagher Premiership debut for the side against Bath in May that year. The following season Cunningham South made 19 Premiership appearances, earning a call-up to the England U20 Men’s squad for a second year running. He featured in the squad for the 2023 U20 Six Nations and World Rugby U20 Championship, before signing with Harlequins ahead of the 2023/24 season. In January 2024, Steve Borthwick named Cunningham-South in his Senior Men’s squad for the Guinness Men’s Six Nations for the first time. He then played in the Summer Tour of Japan and New Zealand, as well as in the 2024 Autumn Nations Series, before being named in the squad for the 2025 Six Nations.
- Career Path
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2022 Esher England U20 London Irish U20 South
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2023 Harlequins
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2024 England
The back row consists of two flankers and the No 8. The blind-side flanker wears six and the open-side flanker seven, both specialising in big tackles and winning possession through turnovers. They are fearless, strong and fast to the breakdown. The No 8 secures the ball at the base of the scrum, is an attacking link between forwards and backs and a real force when defending.
