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

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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

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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

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2011 winner Duncan Weir
Holder No. Name Year Club
1 MacfadyenDonnie Macfadyen 2000 Glasgow Warriors
2 WilsonAndrew Wilson 2001 Glasgow Warriors
3 HoggAlly Hogg 2002 Edinburgh Rugby
4 CusiterChris Cusiter 2003 Border Reivers
5 McMillanMark McMillan 2004 Glasgow Warriors
6 CorsarStuart Corsar 2005 Glasgow Warriors
7 EddieJames Eddie 2006 Glasgow Warriors
8 LowMoray Low 2007 Glasgow Warriors
9 CrombieSean Crombie 2008 Edinburgh Rugby
10 GrayRichie Gray 2009 Glasgow Warriors
11 BlairAlex Blair 2010 Edinburgh Rugby
12 WeirDuncan Weir 2011 Glasgow Warriors
13 DentonDavid Denton 2012 Edinburgh Rugby
14 KennedySean Kennedy 2013 Edinburgh Rugby
15 GrayJonny Gray 2014 Glasgow Warriors
16 RussellFinn Russell 2015 Glasgow Warriors
17 BennettMark Bennett 2016 Glasgow Warriors
18 BradburyMagnus Bradbury 2017 Edinburgh Rugby
19 FagersonMatt Fagerson 2018 Glasgow Warriors
20 GrahamDarcy Graham 2019 Edinburgh Rugby
21 RitchieJamie Ritchie 2020 Edinburgh Rugby
22 CummingsScott Cummings 2021 Glasgow Warriors
23 DargeRory Darge 2022 Glasgow Warriors
24 DargeLuke Crosbie 2023 Edinburgh Rugby

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References

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  1. ^ a b "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.