The movement of players from Leinster to the other provinces has at times been a source of frustration for the club.
Tadhg Beirne will play his first match in 9 months when Munster take on a much-changed Connacht XV in the Guinness PRO14 on Sunday.
After releasing 12 players last Friday, Connacht have promoted 6 academy players, including Conor Dean, son of a 1989 British and Irish Lion.
Follow all the action on the RugbyPass live blog from the Guinness PRO14 match between Leinster and Connacht at the RDS.
We have assembled U23 squads for all 14 of the Guinness PRO14 sides to see which of the teams has the brightest future moving forward.
The teams are all in for this weekend's round two action in the Guinness PRO14 following a week in which Ireland, Wales and Italy named Six Nations squads.
Matches haven't been played in the Guinness PRO14 since March 1 but it roars back into action with six games this weekend... here are all the chosen XVs.
Follow all the action on the RugbyPass live blog from the Guinness PRO14 match between Ulster and Connacht at Kingspan Stadium.