Wallabies fly-half Carter Gordon has shed light on his second coming in the gold jersey as he remains confident that his ongoing quad issue won't affect his return to Rugby Union.
Gordon impressed in his first game back in the gold jersey in two years, scoring a try in the seven-point defeat to Italy.
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The 24-year-old has spent the majority of his time away from the game, sidelined with a neck injury due to a spinal fluid leak.
“It felt unreal. Anytime you get the opportunity to play for your country, it's massive," he told reporters.
“For me, having a tough year and really not having any idea of what was going to be happening throughout the year and then getting a chance to come back to Union and play for the Wallabies is massive and something I'm extremely grateful for."
Gordon missed the first two games due to a quad injury and came off the court after 54 minutes, pulling up sore. The flyhalf was confident he would be right to face Ireland on Sunday (AEDT).
“I came off with a little bit of quad tightness but it’s been feeling better each day," he believes.
“We’ll rip into training this week and it should be good.”
The injury noticeably kept the former Rebel from kicking, with Andrew Kellaway taking over the duties from the tee.
Gordon was eager to regain the duties heading forward as he continues to work his way back into the sport.
"Early in the week, we just made a decision that we were going to offload some of that kicking, obviously, but ideally back into pretty much doing all of it. Obviously we've got to keep tabs on it, making sure I'm not doing too much, but ideally get back to doing all the kicking," he said.
“...Definitely, I want to be that goal kicker. It's something I've been working on the last few years and we're lucky that we've got a few guys on the team who can take that if they need to.”
