Centenary Quaich

Summary

The Centenary Quaich (/ˈkwx/; Scottish Gaelic: Cuach nan Ceud Bliadhna; Irish: Corn na Céad Bliain) is an international rugby union award contested annually by Ireland and Scotland as part of the Six Nations Championship.

Centenary Quaich
SportRugby union
Instituted1989
Number of teams2
Country Ireland
 Scotland
Holders Ireland (2024)
Most titles Ireland (21 titles)

A "Quaich" is a Gaelic drinking vessel[1] and has been presented to the winners of the fixture since 1989.[2] It was introduced to mark the centenary of the founding of the International Rugby Football Board (founded 1887, which later became World Rugby).[3] Since the introduction of the cup, Ireland have won it twenty-one times while Scotland have won it fourteen times, with one drawn fixture.

The Quaich is one of a number of similar cups contested for between individual teams as part of their international fixture list. Other examples within the Six Nations Championship include the Calcutta Cup (Scotland vs. England), the Millennium Trophy (England vs. Ireland), the Giuseppe Garibaldi Trophy (France vs. Italy) and the Auld Alliance Trophy between France and Scotland.

The contest for the Quaich has been notable for periods of dominance by one or other team; Scotland held the trophy for eleven years when first contested, while Ireland have dominated from 2000 onwards.

The current holders are Ireland who won a seventh successive contest after beating Scotland at Aviva Stadium on 16 March 2024.[4]

Summary edit

Overall edit

Host Played Wins for Draws Points for
  Ireland   Scotland   Ireland   Scotland
  Ireland 18 12 5 1 430 258
  Scotland 18 9 9 0 443 349
Overall 36 21 14 1 873 607

Records edit

Note: Date shown in brackets indicates when the record was or last set.

Record Ireland Scotland
Longest winning streak 8 (2 Mar 2002–19 Mar 2010) 5 (4 Feb 1995–18 Feb 2000)
Largest points for
Home 44 (19 February 2000) 38 (1 March 1997)
Away 40 (21 March 2015) 25 (19 March 2016)
Largest winning margin
Home 22 (2 February 2014) 28 (1 March 1997)
Away 30 (16 February 2003)/(21 March 2015) 8 (15 February 1992)

Results edit

Year Date Venue Home Score Away Trophy
Winner
Report
1989 4 March Murrayfield, Edinburgh Scotland   37–21   Ireland   [5]
1990 3 February Lansdowne Road, Dublin Ireland   10–13   Scotland   [6]
1991 16 March Murrayfield, Edinburgh Scotland   28–25   Ireland   [7]
1992 15 February Lansdowne Road, Dublin Ireland   10–18   Scotland   [8]
1993 16 January Murrayfield, Edinburgh Scotland   15–3   Ireland   [9]
1994 5 March Lansdowne Road, Dublin Ireland   6–6   Scotland Draw [10]
1995 4 February Murrayfield, Edinburgh Scotland   26–13   Ireland   [11]
1996 20 January Lansdowne Road, Dublin Ireland   10–16   Scotland   [12]
1997 1 March Murrayfield, Edinburgh Scotland   38–10   Ireland   [13]
1998 7 February Lansdowne Road, Dublin Ireland   16–17   Scotland   [14]
1999 20 March Murrayfield, Edinburgh Scotland   30–13   Ireland   [15]
2000 19 February Lansdowne Road, Dublin Ireland   44–22   Scotland   [16]
2001 22 September Murrayfield, Edinburgh Scotland   32–10   Ireland   [17]
2002 2 March Lansdowne Road, Dublin Ireland   43–22   Scotland   [18]
2003 16 February Murrayfield, Edinburgh Scotland   6–36   Ireland   [19]
2004 27 March Lansdowne Road, Dublin Ireland   37–16   Scotland   [20]
2005 12 February Murrayfield, Edinburgh Scotland   13–40   Ireland   [21]
2006 11 March Lansdowne Road, Dublin Ireland   15–9   Scotland   [22]
2007 10 March Murrayfield, Edinburgh Scotland   18–19   Ireland   [23]
2008 23 February Croke Park, Dublin Ireland   34–13   Scotland   [24]
2009 14 March Murrayfield, Edinburgh Scotland   15–22   Ireland   [25]
2010 20 March Croke Park, Dublin Ireland   20–23   Scotland   [26]
2011 27 February Murrayfield, Edinburgh Scotland   18–21   Ireland   [27]
2012 10 March Aviva Stadium, Dublin Ireland   32–14   Scotland   [28]
2013 24 February Murrayfield, Edinburgh Scotland   12–8   Ireland   [29]
2014 2 February Aviva Stadium, Dublin Ireland   28–6   Scotland   [30]
2015 21 March Murrayfield, Edinburgh Scotland   10–40   Ireland   [31]
2016 19 March Aviva Stadium, Dublin Ireland   35–25   Scotland   [32][33]
2017 4 February Murrayfield, Edinburgh Scotland   27–22   Ireland   [34]
2018 10 March Aviva Stadium, Dublin Ireland   28–8   Scotland   [35]
2019 9 February Murrayfield, Edinburgh Scotland   13–22   Ireland   [36]
2020 1 February Aviva Stadium, Dublin Ireland   19–12   Scotland   [37]
2021 14 March Murrayfield, Edinburgh Scotland   24–27   Ireland   [38]
2022 19 March Aviva Stadium, Dublin Ireland   26–5   Scotland   [39][40]
2023 12 March Murrayfield Stadium, Edinburgh Scotland   7–22   Ireland   [41][42]
2024 16 March Aviva Stadium, Dublin Ireland   17–13   Scotland   [4]

See also edit

References edit

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External links edit

  • Scotland vs Ireland Head-to-Head Rugby Data Archived 12 October 2012 at the Wayback Machine