Jordan McGregor looking to fill Ben Volavola’s shoes
Most Shute Shield fans thought Southern Districts 2015 title hopes ended when flyhalf Ben Volavola left to join the Fijian national side just under a month ago.
The classy playmaker had been instrumental for the Rebels, guiding last year’s grand finalists to third on the Shute Shield ladder, with three rounds remaining in the regular season.
Surely Souths couldn’t replace a player signed to fill Dan Carter’s shoes at the Crusaders in 2016 in less than a month?
And that seemed true, until Jordan McGregor arose from the woodworks.
The relatively unknown former Australian schoolboy slotted into the Souths No.10 jersey and to the dismay of the Rebel’s rivals, looked an almost carbon copy of his predecessor.
“It was actually pretty easy. I’ve been around the team all year even though I’ve been injured, I’ve been hanging around like a bad smell and I’ve played with most of the guys for a number of years so that made it fairly east to slot in,” the 26-year-old told Ru