WARWICK Capper is set to make a comeback for Tasmania's embattled Kermandie Football Club.

No this is not a hoax. Capper might be better known these days for his achievements off the field - a resume that includes Gold Coast meter man, stripper, celebrity boxer and porn actor - but he is keen to again pull on the white boots, The Mercury reports.

In a desperate bid to keep the 123-year-old football club alive, coach Paul Allison has signed the 46-year-old ex-Swans and Brisbane star to play in the Southern Football League this season.

Capper and Allison struck up a friendship when the latter was rookie-listed by Sydney in 1999.

Allison described "the Wiz" as "the biggest signing in the history of Huon footy".

Not surprisingly, Capper agreed. "I was the biggest crowd puller in Australia," he said from his Gold Coast home yesterday. "I'll have the tight shorts on, I've only put on 7kg [since my playing days] so I'm looking all right. I'm 46, but everyone says I look 31."

Capper says he will only be available to play "four or five" games but he has already committed to playing in round one. Of course that's in the unlikely event Kermandie is in the competition.

Forced into recess in 2009 and struggling for numbers again this season, the club called an emergency training session on February 24, but only 20 players turned up. President Ron Webb reluctantly informed league administrators the proud Huon club would be unable to continue.

SFL president Paul Harriss said yesterday an 11-team roster for 2010 had been drawn up and the Robins' bird had flown. "It wouldn't matter if it was Warwick Capper or Matthew Richardson; one player is not going to drag along the other 40," Harriss said.