It's being reported by a Northern Ireland paper that Rory Best will not be fit for Saturdays clash with South Africa at the Aviva.
According to the Belfast Newsletter Best will not recover in time from his calf injury.
If Best isn't fit it means Sean Cronin will most likely start.
Meanwhile the Irish Independent reports that Robbie Henshaw and Jared Payne will be paired together in the centre.
It had been thought either Henshaw or Payne would start beside Gordon D'Arcy.
