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 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.

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
1Donnie Macfadyen2000Glasgow Warriors
2Andrew Wilson2001Glasgow Warriors
3Allister Hogg2002Edinburgh Rugby
4Chris Cusiter2003Border Reivers
5Mark McMillan2004Glasgow Warriors
6Stuart Corsar2005Glasgow Warriors
7James Eddie2006Glasgow Warriors
8Moray Low2007Glasgow Warriors
9Sean Crombie2008Edinburgh Rugby
10Richie Gray2009Glasgow Warriors
11Alex Blair2010Edinburgh Rugby
12Duncan Weir2011Glasgow Warriors
13David Denton2012Edinburgh Rugby
14Sean Kennedy2013Edinburgh Rugby
15Jonny Gray2014Glasgow Warriors
16Finn Russell2015Glasgow Warriors
17Mark Bennett2016Glasgow Warriors
18Magnus Bradbury2017Edinburgh Rugby
19Matt Fagerson2018Glasgow Warriors
20Darcy Graham2019Edinburgh Rugby
21Jamie Ritchie2020Edinburgh Rugby
22Scott Cummings2021Glasgow Warriors
23Rory Darge2022Glasgow Warriors
24Luke Crosbie2023Edinburgh Rugby

Source:[4]

References

  1. 1 2 "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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