Sir Willie Purves Quaich

Sir Willie Purves Quaich

Sport	Rugby Union
Awarded for	Young Scottish player of the season
Sponsored by	Friends of Scottish Rugby
Country	Scotland
History
First award	2000
First winner	Donnie Macfadyen
Website	www.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
1	Macfadyen Donnie Macfadyen	2000	Glasgow Warriors
2	Wilson Andrew Wilson	2001	Glasgow Warriors
3	Hogg Ally Hogg	2002	Edinburgh Rugby
4	Cusiter Chris Cusiter	2003	Border Reivers
5	McMillan Mark McMillan	2004	Glasgow Warriors
6	Corsar Stuart Corsar	2005	Glasgow Warriors
7	Eddie James Eddie	2006	Glasgow Warriors
8	Low Moray Low	2007	Glasgow Warriors
9	Crombie Sean Crombie	2008	Edinburgh Rugby
10	Gray Richie Gray	2009	Glasgow Warriors
11	Blair Alex Blair	2010	Edinburgh Rugby
12	Weir Duncan Weir	2011	Glasgow Warriors
13	Denton David Denton	2012	Edinburgh Rugby
14	Kennedy Sean Kennedy	2013	Edinburgh Rugby
15	Gray Jonny Gray	2014	Glasgow Warriors
16	Russell Finn Russell	2015	Glasgow Warriors
17	Bennett Mark Bennett	2016	Glasgow Warriors
18	Bradbury Magnus Bradbury	2017	Edinburgh Rugby
19	Fagerson Matt Fagerson	2018	Glasgow Warriors
20	Graham Darcy Graham	2019	Edinburgh Rugby
21	Ritchie Jamie Ritchie	2020	Edinburgh Rugby
22	Cummings Scott Cummings	2021	Glasgow Warriors
23	Darge Rory Darge	2022	Glasgow Warriors
24	Darge Luke Crosbie	2023	Edinburgh Rugby
25	Darge Harry Paterson	2024	Edinburgh Rugby
26	Darge Max Williamson	2025	Glasgow Warriors

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.