Connacht's Ireland contingent will come back into selection consideration in three to four weeks’ time but Bundee Aki, Mack Hansen and Finlay Bealham will be assessed on an individual basis.
Winger Hansen limped off during Ireland’s Rugby World Cup quarter-final loss to New Zealand on Saturday night with a leg injury.
"There’s no specifics at this stage," head coach Pete Wilkins told reporters this morning.
"They travel back today, and we’ll touch base with them and get all the medical updates."
Aki was Ireland's player of the tournament, playing every minute and scoring five tries. Hansen started four games, while Bealham made four appearances off the bench.
In addition to the sore bodies, Wilkins said that they will need time to adjust following the emotional toll of the loss.
"It's to be confirmed [but] they’ll need a minimum of three to four weeks to recover properly and that’s physically as well as the mental and emotional side of not only the campaign they have gone through and how it ended. But also the preparation that went into all that.
"So a minimum of three to four weeks and very much on an individual basis in terms of the minutes that they played during the World Cup. And how the bodies and minds are.
"We’ve been in contact with them already and we’ll speak again with them at the end of this week and we’ll work out a plan for them from there.
"[The psychological aspect is] certainly something we need to be aware of.
"There is an element of it that is just the flux and the flow of high-performance sport, I suppose. You get to the end of a major campaign, particularly a World Cup cycle, and there’s always going to be retirements.
"And whether you are celebrating or commiserating, there will always be people leaving that group.
"That is part of the cycle. It obviously adds to the disappointment if you don’t reach those goals you’re after. At the same time, it’s the whole package really.
"The outcome will have a huge sway on how people are following from an emotional and psychological point of view. And the efforts that go into that, to lose a game that was as close and as tightly-fought as that one last weekend.
"But also the weeks that are put in before that in terms of the contests against Scotland and South Africa, then the whole preparation period.
"You’re not just dealing with one result. It’s a period of several months. So in the context of the Ireland journey, going back to that tour in New Zealand last summer, and even long before that, they had goals that were set a long way out.
"They will have fallen short in their own eyes but obviously everyone is immensely proud of what they have achieved and the way they went about it.
"So it’s not as simple as trying to get over one disappointing result. We lost a semi-final last season and that is one thing. You’re talking about a whole journey with Ireland, I suppose.
"So you have to be aware of that but also understand the individuals. Mack, Finlay and Bundee are three very different human beings and how they react to all that will be different as well.
"We’ll manage them through that. It starts with conversations before they come back and then continues with chats between them in the room. We’ll cross that bridge as they arrive."
Connacht, who reached the semi-finals last year, kick off their BKT United Rugby Championship at home to Ospreys on Saturday (3pm).
"We’re going to come up against an Ospreys side that is unbelievably physical and well-organised," added Wilkins, who confirmed back row Sean Jansen is rehabbing an injury, while Santi Cordero is on the long-term injury list and not expected back until the end of the season.
"That’s part of the DNA in terms of the success the club has had over the history of regional rugby but also what Toby Booth brings to the table there.
"So we know it’s going to be a very physical game. For all the ambition of what we want to do with the ball and how we want to play the game, first and foremost you have to front up physically.
"And that’s for us in defence, in terms of stopping the momentum of some pretty big ball-carriers coming at us.
"But also in attack, in terms of us earning the right to play in and around the carry and the breakdown era. So that front end of the physical contest will be incredibly important."
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