Greig Laidlaw happy to be playing scrum-half against Northampton...
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WHEN Greig Laidlaw signed for Gloucester Nigel Davies was planning to hand him the keys to number 10, but the Scottish international is relieved to have been given more familiar surroundings at Castle Grim.
To the bemusement of Cherry and White supporters the 28-year-old was hailed as Freddie Burns’ successor when he put pen to paper in March.
Gloucester muddied the water by referring to Laidlaw as a player who could fill two positions, which indeed he can, but Davies always saw Laidlaw as his front-line fly-half.
However the Borders boy, the nephew of legendary Scotland scrum-half Roy Laid…
To the bemusement of Cherry and White supporters the 28-year-old was hailed as Freddie Burns’ successor when he put pen to paper in March.
Gloucester muddied the water by referring to Laidlaw as a player who could fill two positions, which indeed he can, but Davies always saw Laidlaw as his front-line fly-half.
However the Borders boy, the nephew of legendary Scotland scrum-half Roy Laid…
