Ireland captain Johnny Sexton has declared himself fit to face Wales in their Guinness Six Nations opener in Cardiff on Sunday.
The out-half was withdrawn in the second half of Leinster's interpro win over Munster two weeks ago with a hamstring injury.
The 35-year-old sat out training last week but has now declared himself fully fit.
He said: "I trained fully today with the group. I got through that okay so all available for selection. We're looking forward to the weekend now."
Ireland have not won a championship game in Wales since 2013, but off the back of a torrid 2020 Six Nations campaign, Wales may start as slight underdogs.
Sexton says they won't allow complacency to slip into their camp.
"Every international is tough and Wales have made it clear that, I think, Ireland are up on their list of most disliked teams," he said.
"I don't know if that’s current or if it’s past but that’s been out there. Look, again, we don’t really think about these types of things.
"We’re honestly just so focused on training at the moment, training tomorrow and we take it day by day and yeah, we’ve had some tough encounters with Wales.
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The last time we were in Cardiff we got hockeyed.
"It was a particularly dark day. They ended up winning the Grand Slam that day so that was only a couple of years ago.
"That’s the same team with the majority of the same players so we know that any team can have a bad campaign at any stage or a bad game and ultimately you can turn it around pretty quick.
"We’re expecting a top-quality Welsh team.
"When you look at the players they have through their ranks, look at Alun Wyn [Jones] up front, you look at their half-backs, with [Dan] Biggar, the amount of caps that he’s got, Gareth Davies, Jon Davies, Leigh Halfpenny, they are littered with caps throughout.
"They have so much experience and they’ve had highs and lows like any international player has and I’m sure they’ll be in good stead come Sunday as well so it’s all systems go now."
Ireland finished second behind England in their Autumn Nations Cup pool, beating Scotland, Wales and Georgia along the way.
Asked what would constitute a successful campaign, the ex-Racing 92 man said he wanted to see the side build on what they achieved in 2020.
"First of all, it’s looking after our performance," he said.
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"Every team is sat in their different training centres setting targets to win the Six Nations. You are not coming in here, saying, 'God, I hope we finish third or second’.
"We’re here to try and win, that’s the name of the game in professional sport.
"I think it goes without saying but how do we do that?
"We do that by performing well and by trying to get better from our last outing. We did some really good things in our last game against Scotland.
"We felt we built through the Autumn Nations Cup after a disappointing end to the Six Nations. We want to go up a level, we want to go up a couple of levels because we want to be able to challenge the best teams in Europe.
"For the foreseeable future that’s all we are going to be playing against so we want to be up there with the best. That’s France and England at the moment. You look at the Six Nations table and anyone can win it, I think."
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