By JON GEDDES                                   

FIVE weeks ago Rory O’Connor would have expected to start this Saturday with a leisurely walk and then catch the Shute Shield finals on Stan from the comfort of his loungeroom.

“I didn’t think I would be putting my head anywhere near a scrum,” he told Rugby News.

But instead of watching the game on TV, O’Connor will be in the middle of the action for Gordon in their do-or die clash with Randwick at Coogee Oval in what has been the greatest comeback of the year.