Connacht’s injury crisis is finally abating as Pat Lam’s walking wounded slowly return to action.
Wing Danie Poolman and 21-year-old centre Peter Robb, who both limped out of the Challenge Cup defeat to Newcastle Falcons last month, have been passed fit for the weekend trip to Scarlets, as has loosehead James Connolly.
Hooker Tom McCartney and openside Jake Heenan returned in the defeat to Leinster last Friday night.
Meanwhile, loosehead Denis Buckley has recovered well from the ankle surgery he underwent in mid-December and is well on track for a return later in the month, and Robbie Henshaw will have a scan on his hand next week.
The Westerners travel to the league leaders on Sunday on the back of a three-game losing streak as a nightmare run of injuries has threatened to destabilise their impressive season.
They are third in the table, two points behind the Welshmen, and will be hoping the reinforcements will be coming off the treatment table just in time for a league and European push.
