The Sir Willie Purves Quaich is an annual rugby union award given to the "most outstanding young male Scottish player" of that season. 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.
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.
List of awardees
Holder No. Name Year Club1MacfadyenDonnie Macfadyen2000Glasgow Warriors2WilsonAndrew Wilson2001Glasgow Warriors3HoggAlly Hogg2002Edinburgh Rugby4CusiterChris Cusiter2003Border Reivers5McMillanMark McMillan2004Glasgow Warriors6CorsarStuart Corsar2005Glasgow Warriors7EddieJames Eddie2006Glasgow Warriors8LowMoray Low2007Glasgow Warriors9CrombieSean Crombie2008Edinburgh Rugby10GrayRichie Gray2009Glasgow Warriors11BlairAlex Blair2010Edinburgh Rugby12WeirDuncan Weir2011Glasgow Warriors13DentonDavid Denton2012Edinburgh Rugby14KennedySean Kennedy2013Edinburgh Rugby15GrayJonny Gray2014Glasgow Warriors16RussellFinn Russell2015Glasgow Warriors17BennettMark Bennett2016Glasgow Warriors18BradburyMagnus Bradbury2017Edinburgh Rugby19FagersonMatt Fagerson2018Glasgow Warriors20GrahamDarcy Graham2019Edinburgh Rugby21RitchieJamie Ritchie2020Edinburgh Rugby22CummingsScott Cummings2021Glasgow Warriors23DargeRory Darge2022Glasgow Warriors24DargeLuke Crosbie2023Edinburgh Rugby25DargeHarry Paterson2024Edinburgh Rugby26DargeMax Williamson2025Glasgow Warriors Source:
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