Heineken Cup holders Leinster will be able to call on the services of one of their senior players for the next weekend's European battle with ASM Clermont Auvergne.
Gordon D'Arcy has recovered from a groin strain and has been named the squad for Fridays' Magners League meeting with defending champions Munster at Thomond Park.
The centre had targeted the game for his return after picking up the injury in Ireland's Six Nations defeat to Scotland on March 20.
This means that should he come through unscathed he will make his 68th European appearance when the French side come to the RDS.
But as expected Brian O'Driscoll will not be fit to make his return after suffering a medial ligament strain. The Irish skipper has been aiming for the Heineken Cup quarter-final against Clermont Auvergne on April 9 as a likely platform for his comeback.
Jamie Heaslip and Cian Healy have been included in the squad, with Scotland lock Nathan Hines also returning, after sitting out last weekend's narrow victory over Connacht.
"There's no doubting that we didn't reach the standards that we demand of ourselves against Connacht last Saturday," head coach Michael Cheika said. "Credit to Connacht, they played particularly well and having analysed their recent performances, it was probably the best I've seen them play over the last few months.
"Even though we scored a good try where [Rob] Kearney made a good line break, we didn't get an awful lot going in terms of our attack, so that's an area that we need to improve upon this week. The players themselves weren't happy with how things went, so we will take the positives from Saturday's game and approach this weekend's challenge positively after welcoming back a few more players into training."
