World Cup winner Jean Kleyn is in line for his Munster return in Saturday's big URC clash at the Aviva Stadium.
Kleyn is training fully having returned from the festivities in South Africa after he was part of the Springboks squad that claimed the Rugby World Cup in Paris.
It's good timing, too, as there is no news yet on the injuries to club captain Peter O'Mahony (shoulder) and Jack O'Donoghue, who suffered an ankle injury after replacing his back row colleague in Saturday's victory over the Stormers at Thomond Park.
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"We're just waiting on reports back from scans," said the Reds' defence coach Andi Kyriacou.
"I'm sure we'll get updated over the next 24 hours in terms of what that looks like.
"They've not been available for training, so we've been working away without them. Once we know what the news is in terms of availability we'll make some decisions.
"We don't pick the team until later in the week so we're just trying to give people as much time as possible."
And Kleyn? "He's training with us, doing everything now on the field," said Kyriacou.
"He's moving well, his meat and drink of his game is collisions, and it's very good again today. It's incredibly good to have him back in the building and on the field.
"He was a huge player for us last season and it's like he's not missed a beat out there today. Really glad to have him back in the building and hopefully available for the weekend."
Kyriacou insists that Munster will be happy to turn to their squad depth if O'Mahony and O'Donoghue can't play, which looks the likely scenario at this stage as the provinces go head to head for the first time since the URC semi-final won by the Reds last May.
"Absolutely," he said. "We've done a lot of work through the last six months and last season with the lads in the academy, Tommy (Tiernan) and Greig (Oliver) did a lot of good work with those men who have come through this season and it's meant we've got good depth in those areas to cross off any injury crisis we have.
"We'll see what that looks like as we get through the week with the results coming through on the two boys.
"It's really exciting, the depth we have in those areas. Like we've shown throughout last season and this season so far, we just put the next lad in.
"We're confident in what they can do and the way they're all training currently and the way they've played in the first few rounds of the comp, there's no fear of putting lads in."
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