All four Irish provinces name their teams later today ahead of this weekend's final round of European pool games.
Leinster are the only one of the three Champions Cup competitors to go into the weekend with a hope of making the knockout stages – they play Wasps at the Ricoh tomorrow.
Without any hope of qualification, Munster and Ulster could be tempted to rest some of their front-line players as they turn their focus towards the Pro-12.
Connacht will go to La Rochelle needing to win if they're to retain any chance of reaching the knock-out stages of the Challenge Cup.
However, coach Pat Lam will have to try and cobble-together a centre pairing for the match with Robbie Henshaw, Craig Ronaldson and Bundee Aki already ruled-out while Dave McSharry is also rated as doubtful.
