Eire centre Robbie Henshaw will likely be out there 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 Eire beat South Africa in Durban final July with what was described as a “minor damage”.

Fly-half Ciaran Frawley, who delivered the profitable drop objective in that sport, sustained an ankle damage throughout Leinster’s win over Connacht on Saturday.

His province have, nevertheless, described the knock as “not critical”, though will probably be additional assessed this week with a view as to if he can function on the Aviva on Saturday.

Connacht’s Mack Hansen missed the identical interprovincial derby with a hip damage sustained in opposition to Ulster this month however the 26-year-old is anticipated 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 yr 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 in opposition to the All Blacks, Argentina, Fiji and Australia.