Keith Earls has made a welcome return to training with Munster today.

The Ireland winger has been absent for the past six weeks with a medial ligament injury but could now come into contention for Saturday's Pro 12 clash against Treviso at Thomond Park.

The injury had kept the Munster man out of Ireland's Six Nations campaign.

New signing Quentin MacDonald also trained with the majority of his new team-mates for the first time today.