That reality comes home on Sunday when Gordon runs onto Pioneer Oval in Parkes for Dubbo CYMS against the Spacemen in the premiership decider.

Gordon will be an important cog in the CYMS’ wheel in a game that will see the home side as favourites, but as we have learnt to realise over the years anything can happen in grand finals.

He may not be one of the best trying scoring centres we have in the game but never the less his role will be to work the ball down the right hand side of the field and combined with the more experienced Epa Navale.

Navale has revelled in the work from Gordon in the past couple of weeks that has seen the winger score three tries, and two in the all important final against Wellington last weekend.

If CYMS do win the grand final on Sunday, it will be Gordon’s first premiership since his under-15 rugby days with Wellington.

“I never played football ‘til the under-11s in the Mudgee league competition,” Gordon said this week.

“I had three years over there and won two grand finals then we moved to Wello and I got to play union with them in the under-15s - that was my last grand final win.

“We then moved to Brewarrina and I played union there for five years before coming back to Nyngan where I played reserve grade for the Tigers in 2006.

“After that I went up to Grafton and played in Group 1 before coming to Dubbo and playing last year with CYMS, and again this year.”

The modest Gordon also plays down his importance to the CYMS team.

“I see my role as just to turn up and play football,” he said. “I’m more a support player on the right side of the field with Epa (Navale).”

And has Gordon been happy with his own form this season?

“Yeah I have generally, but I started a bit slow and spent the first three games in reserve grade,” he said.

“Then in the fourth game I went into first grade and have been here ever since.

“I will admit though that I struggled in the first couple of games in first grade, mainly because I wasn’t fit enough for the quicker paced game.

“But now as we got to the end of the season I’ve improved my game and have slotted into the run of things really well.”

CYMS have built up to this grand final appearance. They lost their first three games but have improved slowly and eventually finished third with nine wins and five losses.

But importantly they have showed good touch in the finals. They lost to Wellington in the major preliminary final, but then hit back with sudden death wins over Macquarie Raiders and Wellington.

Bobby Gordon said there were reasons for the uncertainty in the early stages of the season.

“It wasn’t a great start to the season, but at the same time the coaches (Blake Tremain-Cannon and Luke Jenkins) were trying different players in different positions and with injuries as well, things did quite go to plan,” Gordon said.

“But since then we’ve turned it around and all worked together and here we are now going into the grand final on Sunday against Parkes.

“I know it will be a tough game against Parkes.

“One of the things we have to do is put a lot of pressure on Dennis Moran.

“Tighten up around the rucks and make sure Benjamin John doesn’t make a lot of ground around there.

“And generally we have to dominate the rucks and make the tackles and be really dominant in the forwards.”