Johnny Sexton and Tadhg Furlong are making some progress in their bid to make Leinster's Champions Cup clash with Gloucester at the RDS Arena on Friday night.
The Blues stars had to sit out the province's impressive opening pool stage victory away to Racing 92 last Saturday.
Skipper Sexton increased his training load towards the end of last week and will be further assessed this week for a calf injury ahead of a final decision later in the week.
