Max suffered a severe knee injury last May, tearing the medial ligament and cartilage in a knee, and chipping part of a bone. However, after two months on crutches and a plenty of hard work Max is optimistic he'll be back in action over the next few weeks..
"I am excited now because I don't think it's far away for me," he said in the Scotsman. "Everything has gone great up until now, with no niggles or anything, and I'm hoping to start jogging on Thursday and Friday this week. A lot will then depend on how the jogging goes. I've been wanting to run for the past two weeks but you have to stick to the schedule.
"The Scarlets game in the second week or the game after that (away to the Dragons] is when I want to be back. I want to be back as quick as I can for Glasgow, really, and I've also got the autumn Tests in the back of my mind. I've already built my leg muscle up so if things go well this week, and I start running without any problems, and I am able to step off it again like I did, it should then be about three weeks until I'm back."