Tadhg Beirne will see a specialist today to determine his next steps after suffering a potentially serious leg injury in Ireland's Six Nations victory over France.
Munster's Beirne was helped off after suffering the injury early in the second half and left the Aviva Stadium in a moonboot and on crutches, and he could miss the remainder of the championship.
Johnny Sexton's suffered a groin injury during the 32-19 triumph and he will be managed this week, while Rob Herring is going through his return to play protocols after failing to return from a HIA after taking a high hit from Uini Atonio.
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The prop was sin-binned for the challenge but has now been cited and will face a disciplinary challenge.
Dan Sheehan, who was absent for the game, will continue his hamstring rehab under the Ireland medical team's supervision.
Cian Healy, Tadhg Furlong, Robbie Henshaw and Jamison Gibson-Park will continue their respective rehab programmes and Farrell hopes to potentially two of them will be available for the next Six Nations fixture on Saturday week against Italy in Rome.
Twelve players have been released this week back to their provinces and could feature in next weekend's URC fixtures.
Andy Farrell has retained 25 players for the mini-camp on Thursday and Friday at the IRFU's high performance centre in Abbotstown.
The Ireland coaching group will retain 25 players for the two day mini-camp at the IRFU’s High Performance Centre later this week while the remainder of the squad have returned to their provinces to play in this weekend’s URC fixtures.
The Ireland squad will train with Richie Murphy’s Ireland under-20s during the camp. The under-20s have also won both of their opening Six Nations games.
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