Darren Sweetnam, Jean Kleyn, Conor Oliver and Tommy O’Donnell are back for Munster

Dan McFarland has key players Stockdale, Best and Addison available again for Munster

Sean O’Brien also came through Leinster’s win over Connacht with no issues

Leinster will travel to Wales for the second time in a week for trip to Parc y Scarlets

Leo Cullen takes 28 players to France for opening pre-season game

Scarlets forward will be a targeted man in semi-final against Leinster, says Dan Leavy

Luke McGrath remains a doubt for next weekend’s Champions Cup semi-final

Leo Cullen also welcomes back a number of Ireland internationals involved against Fiji

Garry Ringrose, Isa Nacewa and Josh van der Flier among those returning for the weekend

Rob Kearney, Dan Leavy, Devin Toner and Scott Fardy among those not travelling

Provinces release ticket details for Champions Cup semi-finals at Aviva and in Lyon

Only two points now separate Munsters, Cork Con and Clontarf in the top four

Leo Cullen’s squad boosted by the return of likes of Dave Kearney, Mike Ross and Joey Carbery

In-form Connacht arrive in confident form but have never won at the RDS

Kearney will replace Mike McCarthy in the second row

Young outhalf shows off his distribution and off-the-cuff play behind powerful scrum

Leinster’s Rob Kearney, Robbie Henshaw and Sean O’Brien all continue rehabilitation

Johnny Sexton will captain the team at 10 for Saturday game against the Cardiff Blues

Ireland fullback limped off in the second half of Leinster’s Pro 12 defeat away to Glasgow

Leo Cullen’s side will take on Ulster in Navan on Saturday

Ian Nagle and Niall Morris both named for game in Navan

Former All Black coach assesses what the coaches are doing in their development

Champions Cup draw puts focus on provinces’ failure to attract top overseas players

Leinster and Ulster both face two French sides in pool stages

Paul O’Higgins’s new 36-footer is the boat to beat in class at Howth Yacht Club

Ireland outhalf laid the runway for Dan Carter’s smooth landing in Paris

Former Munster man took two-year break from game after struggling with injuries

The province also announced that 17 players have signed new contracts at the RDS

Munster loosehead prop has 54 appearances for province and two caps for Ireland

A number of clubs in Britain and Ireland interested in former Munster secondrow

Dublin club sent a fleet of 15 crews with most at the front of their respective divisions

Munster lock Dave Foley is eager to make his mark for both province and country

Three race wins and two secon places does it for Royal Irish YC boat

Mallow-born secondrow will leave Munster at the end of the season to pursue his career abroad

Munster forward retires due to a knee injury he suffered last year

Munster coach rests 12 of the team that secured victory away to Perpignan

A number of players sit out training after punishing game against Gloucester

Munster back row suffered knee injury during last week’s win over Zebre

Keith Earls and Peter O’Mahony could also feature for Pro12 leaders

Donnacha Ryan also set for his first start of the season, with JJ Hanrahan in at outhalf