Leicester Tigers welcome back three England internationals for the visit of European champions Toulon this weekend.
Lock Geoff Parling, flanker Tom Croft and scrum-half Ben Youngs are all expected to be involved for the first leg of the Champions Cup Pool Three double-header at Welford Road.
With Tom Youngs, Leonardo Ghiraldini and Marcos Ayerza all back from injury and international duty last week, and Jordan Crane also being passed fit after missing the Wasps game with injury, Tigers will have plenty of firepower as they welcome the might of Toulon.
Whether those players will have had enough game-time together to upset the reigning champions is another matter.
Director of rugby Richard Cockerill confirmed that Croft (knee) and Parling (concussion) would be fit but that it would probably be too early for them to start.
"Tom is fine and he would have played last week were it not for his wife having a baby," said Cockerill.
"Geoff is good to go and he has been training for the past few weeks. This is the end of the three months off we were advised to give him.
"He has been symptom-free for a few weeks now and, although he not been doing any contact, he has been doing his conditioning.
"On the advice of the specialist, we have eased him into contact training and, over the past week or so, he has been tackling and doing live scrums too.
"He has been feeling good for two or three weeks and has been pestering me to play. It's unlikely that either of them will start on Sunday though.
"They have not played any rugby for months and it would probably be too soon for them."
Despite having a glut of players returning to action, Cockerill also confirmed that Manu Tuilagi and Logovi'i Mulipola would likely miss both European games and the away league fixture at Northampton Saints.
Two more big ball carriers, Seremaia Bai and Christian Loamanu, are also still missing with long-term injury.
"Manu Tuilagi will not be fit and should be back by the end of December, give or take a week or two," said Cockerill. "Logo will be the end of December too."
Tigers have topped 15,000 season-ticket holders for the 2014-15 season at Welford Road.
For a third successive year, Tigers have now raised the club record number for season tickets.
The club's chief executive Simon Cohen said the numbers involved were a "fabulous tribute" to the club and its supporters.
"This club has a fan base spread across the UK and beyond, and the Tigers family continues to grow.
"The loyalty and the passion of the Tigers support is a huge factor in what makes this such a special rugby club."
Tigers have completed the signing of Kiwi second-row Jack Whetton. As reported in the Mercury last month, the 22-year-old was a target for the club because of a shortage of locks with Louis Deacon, Geoff Parling and Ed Slater on the long-term injury list.
Whetton joins from Aussie Super 15 outfit the Brumbies, and will be here until the end of the season.
