While it was initially hoped the Brisbane Boys College product would not need surgery, he went under the knife in May and has resumed running. It remains a scant hope for Gordon to make his NRL debut, with his return likely to come through the Queensland Cup, but he is expected to resume contact training in the near future. Titans halfback Tom Weaver remained optimistic, as he lamented what might have been. “He had a massive preseason – he was one of our fittest, one of our strongest, and he would have had a cracking year,” Weaver said.