Frontliners fit and available for Scotland clash

Fully fit again Tadhg Furlong, Johnny Sexton, Jamison Gibson-Park and Robbie Henshaw are available for Ireland this weekend. 

FIT AGAIN: Tadhg Furlong, Jamison Gibson-Park, Robbie Henshaw and Johnny Sexton are fit and ready to go. INPHO/Dan Sheridan

It is not just the presence of familiar faces from the frontline that will have cheered Andy Farrell and his Ireland coaches when the Six Nations squad regathered at Carton House this week.

For all the impetus that the sight of fit-again starters Tadhg Furlong, Jamison Gibson-Park, Robbie Henshaw and Johnny Sexton returning to the training ground will have given Ireland’s Grand Slam bid ahead of their penultimate challenge, Sunday’s Murrayfield showdown with Scotland, the reappearance of uncapped playmaker Ciaran Frawley will have also lifted spirits.