By Mark Cashman

Gordon came out of the blocks quickly and showed that they are the real deal in 2020 following their classy 35-24 win over Eastern Suburbs last Saturday.

The Highlanders jumped to a 17-point lead after the first 30 minutes and then pretty much went tit for that in what ended up being quite an entertaining game.

This same game has oodles of bad memories for this Gordon group after a late try to Easts skipper and scrum half Jack Grant saw the Highlanders miss out on finals footy last year.