In a race against time, injured Hawthorn defender Josh Gibson has just done enough to overcome the pectorial injury that kept him out of action for eight weeks and will make a triumphant return to Boutique this Saturday with partner in crime, Lance Franklin.

“Bud has been texting me about this night for ages,” said Gibson. “We’ve got a limo and a few models lined up, apparently we’re playing a footy game at some point, but I think its early on in the piece so that’s all good.”

Gibson told those close to him he felt still two or three weeks away from peak fitness and would ease into the night with a few vodka lime sodas, but the early signs were good and he could perform a standard fist pump relatively free from pain.

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