It's the game that broke Welsh rugby fans' hearts.
Controversial as it was remarkable, the 2011 World Cup semi-final between Wales and France prompts the same reaction of sadness and frustration from those who have struggled to forget it.
A miserable night in Auckland saw Wales fall to a narrow 9-8 defeat having played most of the game without their skipper Sam Warburton, who was shown a controversial red card just 17 minutes into the game for a dangerous tackle on Vincent Clerc.
With Adam Jones, the cornerstone of the Welsh scrum, also forced off early through injury and James Hook having a rare off day, Warren Gatland's men were up against it throughout the game and ultimately couldn't get past Les Bleus, who faced the All Blacks in the final.
The result left players, coaches and thousands of fans out in New Zealand and back home in Wales devastated as the team failed to take their best ever opportunity of reaching a final, with some of Welsh rugby's greatest ever talents on the field that day.
Now, as this year's World Cup in France fast approaches, we take a look at what those players have been up to in the 12 years since that fateful night - and find a few varied career paths.
Here's what they've been up to:
Leigh Halfpenny
Halfpenny is well-placed to head to a third World Cup but currently without a club having been released by the Scarlets. The 34-year-old full-back has ambitions of moving into coaching at some point in the future.
George North
Only a teenager when he lined up on the right wing against France, North is now 31 and preparing for his fourth World Cup, where he is seemingly nailed on to start in midfield.
Jonathan Davies
'Fox' took over the Scarlets captaincy this season, but the 34-year-old centre won't be featuring in France having been omitted from Warren Gatland's 54-man World Cup training squad. He hasn't played for Wales since the 2022 Six Nations.
Jamie Roberts
The 94-cap centre retired in 2022, having finished his playing career with a stint at the Waratahs Super Rugby side in Sydney. Over 16 years, he had spells with Cardiff, Racing Metro, Harlequins, Bath, the Stormers and the Dragons ahead of his final adventure Down Under.
He has certainly kept busy in recent years, picking up a number of academic qualifications at Cardiff, Loughborough and Cambridge Universities. He has also forged a successful career as a TV pundit, written a popular autobiography and started a family, welcoming his second child with partner Nicole last year.
Shane Williams
Williams retired from rugby in 2014, although he returned to play for his home village club, Amman United, two years later. He now works as a commentator and pundit, while he has also fronted documentaries for BBC, S4C and Irish television channels.
James Hook
In probably the biggest career change of any of the 2011 team, the fly-half published his first children's book in 2020 having retired earlier that year. He also took up a coaching role at the Ospreys and held his testimonial match last summer.
Mike Phillips
The 99-cap international retired from Wales duty in 2015 and finally walked away from the game altogether a couple of years later. He promptly upped sticks and moved to the Middle East and has tried to grow rugby in Dubai through the Mike Phillips Academy.
Gethin Jenkins
Jenkins hung up his boots in 2018 after winning 129 caps for Wales, later enjoying coaching spells with Cardiff RFC and Wales under-20s before joining Wayne Pivac's backroom staff in 2020 to work alongside defence coach Byron Hayward. He was later given the defence coach job on a permanent basis amid a backroom reshuffle, but left the role at the end of 2022 following Gatland's return as Wales coach.
Huw Bennett
He retired a decade ago due to a recurring Achilles injury. He has since worked as Wales' strength and conditioning coach, and is now responsible for upping Wales players' fitness ahead of the World Cup.
Adam Jones
Having joined Harlequins in 2015, he announced his retirement in 2018 and took up a full-time coaching role at the club. As scrum and transition coach, he oversees up-and-coming talent in the forwards, including Wales-qualified prop Rhys Litterick, who is set to sign for Cardiff. He recently learnt to speak Welsh as part of an S4C programme, with Mike Phillips acting as his mentor.
Luke Charteris
He retired in 2019 after spells in Wales, France and England, as well as making 74 appearances for Wales, and joined Bath as a specialist lineout coach shortly after.
Alun Wyn Jones
Not much can be said about the great man that hasn't already been said. He called time on his 17-year Test career in May 2023, having won a record 158 caps for Wales and 12 for the Lions. A two-time nominee for world player of the year, he is set to continue playing club rugby but is looking for a new club having played his last Ospreys game.
Dan Lydiate
It looked like his time on the international stage was over before Pivac called him up in 2021 after an absence of two and a half years. Gatland has kept the back-rower in his World Cup plans, while Lydiate has joined Dragons for next season after his nine-year stint with the Ospreys came to an end.
Sam Warburton
Wales and Lions skipper Warburton called it a day in 2018 at the age of 29 amid injury struggles. He has since forged a successful career as a media pundit and podcast host, while he also launched the SW7 Academy fitness programme. He also took up a coaching role under former Wales coach Pivac but left after less than a year, admitting it wasn't for him. He announced the birth of his third child earlier this year and has said he doesn't miss playing rugby at all.
Taulupe Faletau
Faletau remains one of the best back-row players in the world and is preparing for another World Cup under Warren Gatland. He welcomed his third child with wife Charlotte in May, having won his 100th Wales cap two months earlier.
Paul James
The prop hung up his boots in 2018 and became the Ospreys' academy coach. He now nurtures the next generation of Welsh forwards, including his son Dylan, who packs down at loosehead for Wales U18s. James also runs a bistro and cocktail bar called Ten 21 in Neath town centre.
Stephen Jones
Jones retired in 2013 to take up a coaching position at Wasps. He joined Scarlets as a backs coach two years later, helping them to win the PRO12 title alongside then-Scarlets boss Wayne Pivac. He formed part of Pivac's backroom staff when he took the Wales job, working as attack coach before leaving when Gatland took over for a second stint.
Ryan Jones
Jones retired from rugby in 2015 aged 34, and later became head of participation and then performance director at the Welsh Rugby Union. He resigned from the latter role in October 2020. In a heartbreaking health update, Jones later revealed that he had been diagnosed with early-onset dementia and probable CTE in December 2020. The 75-cap Grand Slam-winning forward, who also played in three Lions Tests on the 2005 tour of New Zealand, has said: "I lived 15 years of my life like a superhero and I’m not. I don’t know what the future holds."
Bradley Davies
Davies retired from rugby earlier this year after teaming up with Alun Wyn Jones for the Barbarians' game against Swansea. The 66-cap international currently holds coaching roles at Ospreys academy and Bridgend and hopes to land a first-team elite coaching role in the future.
Lloyd Burns
He is the man who went from bricklayer and part-time rugby player to Wales rugby star in a matter of months. But not long after his return home from the 2011 World Cup in New Zealand, his career was over. The hooker had suffered a life-threatening kink in an artery in his neck after being injured while scrummaging during a training session and suffered two life-threatening blood clots.
It was a devastating blow to Burns. His rugby dream was over, but he has returned to his earlier profession and has been running a building firm since 2005.
Lloyd Williams
Scrum-half Williams will be joining Ealing Trailfinders next season from Cardiff, leaving the Welsh side after 13 years of service and 260 appearances.
Scott Williams
Williams, capped 58 times for Wales, will be hoping to hit the ground running with the Scarlets next season after seeing his season cut early due to a hamstring injury. He returned to Parc y Scarlets in 2021 after three seasons with the Ospreys.
