Played during the Autumn Internationals and the Six Nations the LV= Cup thus featured a Harlequins team stripped of its players on international duty. Choosing to rely on a team full of developing players, Director of Rugby Conor O'Shea showed the club was full of promising talents when it remained unbeaten throughout the pool stage and went on to beat Bath Rugby (31–23) in the semi-final at The Stoop and Sale Sharks (32–14) in the final at Sixways Stadium with names like Nick Easter, Nick Evans, Olly Kohn, Ugo Monye and Jordan Turner-Hall not featured on any matchsheet for the whole campaign.