Connacht are set to unleash Mack Hansen this weekend, when the province host rivals Leinster in the BKT United Rugby Championship on Saturday (live on RTÉ2 and RTÉ Player).
The Ireland international hasn't featured for the province in the opening third of the URC regular season, after the wing returned from the Rugby World Cup with an ankle injury.
Hansen didn't travel on Connacht's recent tour of South Africa, but he's been declared fully fit by the province this week, and looks set to feature in this Saturday's interpro at the Sportsground.
"You don't need me to explain how good he is and that buzz he brings around the place," assistant coach John Muldoon said.
"Coming back from South Africa and getting into a derby game is special and then to have him and his energy around the place this week will be even better again. He is a phenomenal player.
"He adds lots to us and it won't be from lack of enthusiasm anyway in terms of what Mack will bring on the pitch, so really looking forward to seeing him.
"Obviously I don’t know Mack that well personally. He’s just back from the World Cup and he joined afterwards, and I’m looking forward to getting to know him better in the next couple of weeks and months, so I can’t wait to see him on the pitch."
Paul Boyle and Dave Heffernan also also available for selection after overcoming respective ankle and calf issues, but Bundee Aki's return remains on hold.
Aki has been rehabbing a hamstring issue since returning from Word Cup duty, and while he the province say he remains unavailable, his status will be reassessed ahead of the Investec Champions Cup campaign which begins next week.
Connacht have made a positive start to the season, sitting seventh in the table after picking up four wins from their opening six games, which includes their recent two-game tour of South Africa.
The province were heavily beaten in the most recent of those tour games, going down 53-27 to the Bulls in Pretoria last Saturday, but despite the heavy scoreline Muldoon doesn't believe there will be any lingering emotional scars this week.
"We're disappointed, I think we definitely could have got something out of the game we left a few opportunities out there and different facets of the game left us down at crucial times.
"We've got to make sure we remedy that very quickly because you don't get away with that against the big teams. Certainly the conditions were new for me and new for the players in terms of the altitude, and the heat was phenomenal, but you can't have excuses in terms of that.
"We prepared very well, went out and the boys were fresh, but we just made too many errors. What we're happy about is that we can control some of those errors. If we cut one or two of those out it would have given us a better opportunity," he added.
Watch Connacht v Leinster in the URC on Saturday from 7pm on RTÉ2 and RTÉ Player, follow a live blog on www.rte.ie/sport and the RTÉ News app or listen to commentary on RTÉ Radio 1 Extra
