Dan Sheehan insists he is fit and fully firing for Ireland's trip to Rome after a rare injury issue kept him out of the victory over France.
Sheehan has been Andy Farrell's first choice hooker since last summer but missed the last game due to a hamstring issue.
However the 24-year-old has made a quick recovery and Farrell will have to decide whether to throw him straight back in from the start or go with Rónan Kelleher, who made his return from injury off the bench in the France game.
