Ireland will head towards their final Rugby World Cup Pool B game against Scotland with a full squad to choose from, with Jack Conan set to be available after close to eight weeks out injured.
The number 8 sat out Ireland's opening three wins against Romania, Tonga and South Africa after picking up a foot injury in the opening warm-up win against Italy on 5 August.
But with Ireland on a bye-week and not due back in action until 7 October against the Scots, the Leinster back row looks set to make his bow at this tournament when the pair meet in Paris next week.
"Jack [Conan] is back...training, it's all good," said defence coach Simon Easterby.
"Jack is a really important part of the squad.
"He is good around the group, and at certain stages I think he might have felt it [the injury] might not come right but he has worked really hard with the conditioners, with the physios, with the nutritionists, so he has done everything he can to get himself into this position and I guess we have been fortunate with injuries in his position as well, that we haven't had to call upon him.
"There is a number of things that have aligned to allow to Jack to get himself right and it was definitely the right thing for us.
"I think we are starting to see the Jack we would like to have seen a few weeks ago, but injury has not allowed him to be in that place.
"So he is in a good place and there is no reason he won't be available next week."
While Conan, along with Dan Sheehan and Dave Kilcoyne carried injuries into the tournament, Ireland have done remarkably well to avoid any in-game injuries unlike many of the their other World Cup rivals so far.
Despite the physical nature of Saturday's 13-8 win against the Springboks, all 33 members of the squad trained today at their team base in Tours, their first session of the week after enjoying several days off to see their families.
Stuart McCloskey was also training with the squad having returned to Ireland in recent days on compassionate leave after his wife gave birth to their second child.
And Easterby says the break has come at the right time for the squad, mentally as well as physically.
"It was good, it was always the plan to have that little break with the way the schedule was set out. It was good timing for us to spend a bit of time with our families and coming back in everyone is in good spirits and everyone is fit and well. That's always a bonus when you come back in.
"There's a lot of emotional energy spent out on a game like that, but I just think the lads were in good form afterwards. We wanted to make sure we really acknowledge the support we had in Paris, and it's probably hard for those who don't get to travel to understand how impressive that was in the stadium, and hence why there was a good deal of thanks, that the players were delighted and thankful that there was so much support in the stadium.
"There was a little bit of emotion around the result and performance, but also the understanding that we have two weeks of really hard work now to build up to Scotland."
While Ireland will be favourites to go on and finish top of the pool, in many ways the win against South Africa has changed very little. A heavy defeat against Scotland could see Ireland even miss out on a place in the quarter-finals, and Easterby knows there's a lot for them to improve as they turn their attention towards Gregor Townsend's side.
"Our discipline at the end [v South Africa] almost let them back in to have an opportunity to go and get a five-metre drive, and probably a couple of penalties which are avoidable.
"Those are the sort of things we talk about a lot, but it's important we stay on point and don't give sides like South Africa a chance.
"Our maul defence at the end was excellent and put the game to bed, but there's those sorts of things that you want to make sure in the last 20 minutes you're on the front foot.
"That's certainly an area we need to make sure we stay on top of, building up to Scotland," he added.
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