Eire centre Robbie Henshaw will probably be accessible to make his seasonal debut when Leinster host the Lions at Aviva Stadium on Saturday.
The United Rugby Championship fixtures this weekend are the final provincial motion earlier than Eire host New Zealand on 8 November.
Henshaw has not performed since Ireland beat South Africa in Durban final July with what was described as a “minor harm”.
Fly-half Ciaran Frawley, who delivered the successful drop purpose in that sport, sustained an ankle harm throughout Leinster’s win over Connacht on Saturday.
His province have, nevertheless, described the knock as “not severe”, though it is going to be additional assessed this week with a view as to whether he can characteristic on the Aviva on Saturday.
Connacht’s Mack Hansen missed the identical interprovincial derby with a hip harm sustained towards Ulster this month however the 26-year-old is predicted to coach this week.
The winger missed each the Six Nations and Eire’s tour of South Africa so has not performed for the nationwide facet because the World Cup quarter-final defeat to New Zealand over a 12 months in the past.
Andy Farrell will title his Eire squad for November on Wednesday. His facet will journey to Portugal for heat climate coaching earlier than their autumn fixtures towards the All Blacks, Argentina, Fiji and Australia.