by Paul Cook - The new Shute Shield season kicks off in just over five weeks time (check out the 2016 draw here). To whet the appetite for the excitement ahead, we continue our look back at each and every team’s efforts in 2015. Next up - Gordon. Geoff Townsend had begun his Highlanders tenure in 2014 with a focus on setting a platform for future success. With a host of fresh-faced but untested talent, he set about putting the cogs in place across the club to ensure that – even if the immediate dividends may not be apparent – would, in time, help put Gordon firmly back on the map in Sydney club rugby. 2015 then, was about taking the next step forward, blooding more youth to create strength in depth while continuing to nurture the previous season’s crop of novices into genuine Shute Shield material. While the ladder position didn’t end up being quite as high as they had hoped for, there was evidence of a lot of positives bearing fruit at Chatswood Oval, particularly their s