Education
University College Dublin.
University College Dublin.
He is a former pupil of Bangor Grammar School in County Down and Trinity College, Dublin, and played as a full back for In September 2010 he retired from rugby with immediate effect. He scored 21 tries for Ulster rugby with one conversion one drop goal and one penalty. 1997-2009
Cunningham played one game in 1997 coming off the bench for his Ulster debut when Ulster were thrashed 56-3 by London Wasps.
He did it again by coming on against Leinster and against Toulouse.
He scored his first Ulster try against the Scarlets when the White men lost 26-27. He also scored against Connacht later that year when he was being given regular starts.
He scored again against Neaths in 2002-2003 season and scored 5 tries in 2003-2004. He scored 5 again in 2004-2005.
He scored 5 tries in 2006-2007 and 1 in 2007-2008.
He only scored 1 in 2008-2009 before playing his final Ulster game against Newport Gwent dragons which Ulster lost. Cunningham was then forced to retire due to injury. Cunningham played with intensity and was an extremely fast manitoba
He usually played at full-back but could play on the wing or in the centre.
He was also a very good tackler most notably recognized when doing a try saving tackle against Munster.