Sir Willie Purves Quaich

The Sir Willie Purves Quaich is an annual rugby union award given to the "most outstanding young male Scottish player" of that season.[1] The quaich is named for Sir Willie Purves, a notable Scottish banker who was a chairman of the HSBC bank. First awarded in 2000, Donnie Macfadyen was the initial recipient.

Sir Willie Purves Quaich
SportRugby Union
Awarded forYoung Scottish player of the season
Sponsored byFriends of Scottish Rugby
CountryScotland
History
First award2000
First winnerDonnie Macfadyen
Websitewww.f-s-r.org/content/pages/trophies.html

The Quaich

The Quaich is presented by the Friends of Scottish Rugby organisation annually. The award was originally held to be for the youngest male Scottish player likely to be capped by the full senior Scotland team. However, since these young players are now often already capped internationally, the award has morphed into a "Young Scottish Player of the Season" type of award.[1][2]

The Sir Willie Purves Quaich is one of three awards presented by the Friends of Scottish Rugby organisation, the others being the Sir Tommy Macpherson Quaich (presented to the most promising young player at London Scottish that season) and the Lady Jean Macpherson Trophy (presented to the most aspiring female Scottish player).

Friends of Scottish Rugby

The Friends of Scottish Rugby organisation exists to support grass-roots rugby in Scotland. They give out various grants to clubs in Scotland; these grants are also available to London Scottish as an SRU member. Over the last 20 years, their grants to these clubs have exceeded £600,000.[3]

List of awardees
2011 winner Duncan Weir
Holder No. Name Year Club
1MacfadyenDonnie Macfadyen2000Glasgow Warriors
2WilsonAndrew Wilson2001Glasgow Warriors
3HoggAllister Hogg2002Edinburgh Rugby
4CusiterChris Cusiter2003Border Reivers
5McMillanMark McMillan2004Glasgow Warriors
6CorsarStuart Corsar2005Glasgow Warriors
7EddieJames Eddie2006Glasgow Warriors
8LowMoray Low2007Glasgow Warriors
9CrombieSean Crombie2008Edinburgh Rugby
10GrayRichie Gray2009Glasgow Warriors
11BlairAlex Blair2010Edinburgh Rugby
12WeirDuncan Weir2011Glasgow Warriors
13DentonDavid Denton2012Edinburgh Rugby
14KennedySean Kennedy2013Edinburgh Rugby
15GrayJonny Gray2014Glasgow Warriors
16RussellFinn Russell2015Glasgow Warriors
17BennettMark Bennett2016Glasgow Warriors
18BradburyMagnus Bradbury2017Edinburgh Rugby
19FagersonMatt Fagerson2018Glasgow Warriors
20GrahamDarcy Graham2019Edinburgh Rugby
21RitchieJamie Ritchie2020Edinburgh Rugby
22CummingsScott Cummings2021Glasgow Warriors
23DargeRory Darge2022Glasgow Warriors
24DargeLuke Crosbie2023Edinburgh Rugby

Source:[4]

References
  1. "Trophy Winners". www.f-s-r.org.
  2. "Glasgow Warriors | Top award for Scott Cummings". www.glasgowwarriors.com.
  3. "Grants". www.f-s-r.org.
  4. "Winners Table". f-s-r.org. Retrieved September 12, 2022.
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