Salanoa has only played seven times for The Stags since joining the side from Leinster last summer, with his last appearance coming against Zebre in the Pro14 Rainbow Cup in June.

His knee injury has kept him sidelined for several months but the 24-year-old is now in line to return to the Munster 23 this weekend and is set to make his Champions Cup debut.

Chris Farrell and Jonathan Wren have also returned to training, as confirmed on Friday.

Ireland Sevens player Conor Phillips returns to the High Performance Centre this week after representing the nation in Dubai at the weekend.

The 14 members of the travelling party to South Africa who remained in Cape Town are continuing to do well as they move closer to completing their respective quarantine periods at different stages this week.

The 34 players and staff who returned home to Ireland last Wednesday are continuing to follow the government protocols of mandatory self-isolation while following the public health-led PCR testing programme.

It is expected the group will complete their quarantine period over the weekend.

Unavailable: Paddy Kelly (hamstring), Edwin Edogbo (achilles), John Hodnett (ankle), Calvin Nash (ankle), Rowan Osborne (head), RG Snyman (knee).

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The 22-year-old, who made three Guinness Pro14 appearances this season for Leinster, represented the USA U20s as an 18-year-old in 2016.

Hawaiian Salanoa, who has Samoan ancestry, joined Leinster’s sub-academy in September 2017, while also playing for Old Belvedere’s U20s.

Salanoa progressed to Old Belvedere’s senior side, representing them in Division 1B of the All-Ireland League, and also featured for Leinster A in 2018.

He made his non-competitive debut for Leinster in their 47-17 friendly victory over Coventry in August 2019, when coming on as a replacement, while he made his senior competitive debut for the province in Leinster’s 54-42 win over Ulster in round 8 of the 2019-20 Guinness Pro14 last December.

Salanoa signs for Munster Rugby on a two-year contract.

Munster Rugby has also confirmed that South African Arno Botha is joining the Blue Bulls, while both Sammy Arnold and Conor Oliver are joining Connacht Rugby for the upcoming season.

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