Potential injury returns of Hugo Keenan and Garry Ringrose give Farrell decisions to make

It's early in the week, but for the first time in this Guinness Six Nations championship it looks like Ireland head coach Andy Farrell has a full squad to work with.

Those released back to the provinces for the BKT United Rugby Championship last weekend all appear to have come through unscathed, as the squad regathered at their Carton House base on Sunday night, in preparation for Saturday’s trip to Twickenhem.

While there don't seem to have been any new injuries, a couple of existing knocks are expected to have ironed themselves out by this week.

Thursday’s open training session at the Aviva Stadium showed Garry Ringrose back operating at full speed. The centre is yet to feature in this year’s Six Nations due to a shoulder injury which has taken longer than expected to heal up.

Having returned to light training in the week leading up to the Round 3 win over Wales, the 29-year-old stepped up to full contact last week, and was unrestricted by Thursday's open day at the Aviva.

There also appears to be clarity around the availability of Hugo Keenan, who injured his knee in the win over Italy just over three weeks ago.

Thanks to the two break-weeks in the championship, the full-back has only had to miss one game with the knee issue, and it looks like he’s trending in the right direction to feature at Twickenham.

Speaking last week, Keenan was confident he would be able to resume full training early this week, and he looked to be moving freely during Thursday’s public training.

While he trained separately at the Aviva, the 27-year-old was given a hard workout by the IRFU's rehab specialist Einar Einarsson beneath the goalposts before joining up with his teammates for some sprint work.

The IRFU’s squad update on Tuesday confirmed his