While all the focus is on the potential transfers of Leinster heavyweights Sean O'Brien and Jamie Heaslip to France there could be others plotting moves off the radar.
The likes of Irish international Dave Kearney may not be centrally contracted but they're likely to be coveted by clubs for example in the English Premiership and Kearney - speaking at Leinster's press conference today ahead of the Heineken European Cup tie against Ospreys at the RDS on Friday night - certainly left the door open as to whether he'd bolt abroad once this season was over.