A prodigious goal-kicker, Gordon Ross enjoyed a dream debut for Scotland with a record of 23 points in the 43-20 success against Tonga at Murrayfield in November 2001. Seven years later, during the Barclays Churchill Cup competition in North America, he set another record as the Scotland A team’s top scorer. He passed Duncan Hodge’s record of 126 points during a replacement appearance win against Argentina at Richardson Stadium in Kingston, Ontario. By the end of that 2008 tournament his tally in 16 Scotland A games was 140 points. They are the only players to have scored at least 100 points for Scotland A.

Later that year Gordon took that record total to 150 points with five conversions in Scotland A’s victory against Georgia at Firhill, Glasgow, and in February 2009 he extended his Scotland A appearances to 18 when he played as a replacement against Ireland A at the RDS, Dublin. A further A international appearance and seven points were added in the 22-all draw with Italy at McDiarmid Park, Perth, taking his points tally to 157.

Gordon’s first Test try was included in an 18-point haul in the 2003 RWC Countdown victory over Italy, also at Murrayfield, and he scored his first drop goal for Scotland in the 13-10 victory over Italy in the final match of the 2006 RBS 6 Nations. In 2002 his assurance and control were key factors in Scotland’s Murrayfield win against South Africa. Earlier in the year he emerged as joint top scorer (36 points) on Scotland’s tour of North America during which he played in all three midweek victories. Gordon reached his Scotland A century while captaining the team in victory against Italy A at McDiarmid Park, Perth, in February 2007.

Gordon kicked 17 points on his debut for Scotland A as they accounted for their Welsh counterparts 42-20 in February 2001. His goal-kicking was to the fore in the next A victory, too – the 33-13 success against Italy A in which he contributed 13 points. In February 2002 he kicked two goals from two attempts in quagmire conditions to ensure Scotland A opened their shadow Six Nations campaign with a 6-6 draw against their English counterparts. Better followed a fortnight later when his last-gasp conversion 20 metres from the right touchline earned the Scots a 30-29 victory over Italy A to which Ross contributed a total of 20 points, including a try. He had a full house in a haul of 18 points (try, penalty, two conversions and two drop goals) against Wales A at Wrexham in 2002. He played in seven A internationals in 2001 and 2002, and he returned to that level in the Perth match against Australia A in November 2006. He played in two wins in 2007 (against Italy A at McDiarmid Park and against the USA at Henley in the Barclays Churchill Cup competition) as well as two more in 2008 (v Italy A in Mogliano and Ireland A) before that year’s Churchill Cup.

Gordon played a pivotal role in Heriot's FP's second successive club championship in 1999-2000 and was duly rewarded with a professional contract with Edinburgh Reivers. He subsequently played for Leeds Tykes and Castres and is now with Saracens. Gordon represented Edinburgh and Scottish Schools at under-16 and under-18 levels before going on to represent Scotland at under-19 and under-21. The highlight of his early representative career was kicking the winning goal for Edinburgh against Biarritz in the 1997-1998 European Conference tournament and beating England in an under-19 international at Balgray, Glasgow, the same season.