Centenary Quaich

The Centenary Quaich is an international rugby union award contested annually by Ireland and Scotland as part of the Six Nations Championship.

In total, the two countries have played each other on 122 occasions with Scotland winning on sixty-four occasions, Ireland on fifty-five, and five draws. However, the cup has only been presented to the winners of the fixture since 1989.

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) and the Giuseppe Garibaldi Trophy (France vs. Italy).

The current holders are Ireland after beating Scotland at their last meeting 32 - 14 in Dublin on 10 March 2012.

Results

Year	Home	Score	Away	Date	Venue
1989	Scotland	37 - 21	Ireland	4 March	Murrayfield, Edinburgh
1990	Ireland	10 - 13	Scotland	3 February	Lansdowne Road, Dublin
1991	Scotland	28 - 25	Ireland	16 March	Murrayfield, Edinburgh
1992	Ireland	10 - 18	Scotland	15 February	Lansdowne Road, Dublin
1993	Scotland	15 - 3	Ireland	16 January	Murrayfield, Edinburgh
1994	Ireland	6 - 6	Scotland	5 March	Lansdowne Road, Dublin
1995	Scotland	26 - 13	Ireland	4 February	Murrayfield, Edinburgh
1996	Ireland	10 - 16	Scotland	20 January	Lansdowne Road, Dublin
1997	Scotland	38 - 10	Ireland	1 March	Murrayfield, Edinburgh
1998	Ireland	16 - 17	Scotland	7 February	Lansdowne Road, Dublin
1999	Scotland	30 - 13	Ireland	20 March	Murrayfield, Edinburgh
2000	Ireland	44 - 22	Scotland	19 February	Lansdowne Road, Dublin
2001	Scotland	32 - 10	Ireland	22 September	Murrayfield, Edinburgh
2002	Ireland	43 - 22	Scotland	2 March	Lansdowne Road, Dublin
2003	Scotland	6 - 36	Ireland	16 February	Murrayfield, Edinburgh
2004	Ireland	37 - 16	Scotland	27 March	Lansdowne Road, Dublin
2005	Scotland	13 - 40	Ireland	12 February	Murrayfield, Edinburgh
2006	Ireland	15 - 9	Scotland	11 March	Lansdowne Road, Dublin
2007	Scotland	18 - 19	Ireland	10 March	Murrayfield, Edinburgh
2008	Ireland	34 - 13	Scotland	9 March	Croke Park, Dublin
2009	Scotland	15 - 22	Ireland	14 March	Murrayfield, Edinburgh
2010	Ireland	20 - 23	Scotland	20 March	Croke Park, Dublin
2011	Scotland	18 - 21	Ireland	27 February	Murrayfield, Edinburgh
2011	Scotland	10 - 6	Ireland	6 August	Murrayfield, Edinburgh
2012	Ireland	32 - 14	Scotland	10 March	Aviva Stadium, Dublin

Records

Team	Wins	Years
Scotland	13	1989–93, 1995–99, 2001, 2010, 2011
Ireland	10	2000, 2002–09, 2011

• Longest winning streak: 8 – Ireland, 2002–09
• Biggest winning margin: 30 points, 2003: Scotland 6-36 Ireland
• Smallest winning margin: 1 point, 1998: Ireland 16–17 Scotland; and 2007: Scotland 18-19 Ireland
• Highest aggregate: 66 points – 2000, Ireland 44–22 Scotland
• Lowest aggregate: 12 points – 1994, Ireland 6–6 Scotland

Sources

• BBC.co.uk - account of Ireland's 2003 Centenary Quaich win
• the Times online - account of Ireland's 2005 Centenary Quaich win