Seven of the 23 players that featured in Ireland's 24-15 win over England last weekend have returned to their club sides for round 18 of the PRO14.
Joey Carbery, Jordi Murphy, Andrew Porter, Seán Cronin and Jack McGrath have all returned to the Leinster side to face the Ospreys on Saturday, while in Ulster, Jacob Stockdale and Iain Henderson have both come back into Jono Gibbes' side to face Cardiff this weekend.
Meanwhile in Munster, there are six changes to the side that was beaten by Edinburgh last weekend as academy player Calvin Nash, Ian Keatley, Dave Kilcoyne, Rhys Marshall, John Ryan and Tommy O’Donnell all come into the side with Keatley and Ryan both returning from international duty with Ireland.
JJ Hanrahan moves to full-back with Nash and Alex Wootton on the wings while Rory Scannell and Sammy Arnold continue their centre partnership with James Hart joined in the half-backs by Keatley.
Connacht are also boosted by the return of second-row Quinn Roux for their match with Edinburgh in the Sportsground on Friday (Kick off 7:35pm). However, Ireland internationals Bundee Aki, Kieran Marmion and Ultan Dillane have all been rested after their involvement with Ireland’s Grand Slam winning Six Nations squad.
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