Not so long ago, it looked as though Friday night Six Nations matches in Cardiff were going to be a thing of the past.
But here we are again, with Grand Slam-chasing France the visitors to the Principality Stadium.
Back in 2017, the WRU decided to put a halt to hosting Friday fixtures, having been involved in all but one of them up to that point.
They informed the Six Nations they were not prepared to stage such contests in 2018 and 2019, with chairman Gareth Davies saying they expected other nations to “bear the load” going forward.
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However, come the 2019 campaign they were back playing on a Friday night, abeit out in Paris.
Now, they are doing so again and this time it’s in Cardiff.
This will be the 11th Friday night match to be played in the Six Nations since they were first introduced in 2009.
Wales have been involved in ten of them, with this being their seventh time hosting one at the Principality Stadium.
So what’s going on?
Why is it almost always Wales handed the Friday night matches?
Well, the bottom line is only they and France have been willing to stage such fixtures.
England and Ireland have refused to do so, citing travel issues in terms of fans getting to and from matches, with Scotland and Italy raising concerns that it would affect crowd numbers.
Friday night matches were shelved altogether for the 2020 and 2021 tournaments, but now they are back - and back in Cardiff.
It’s a move which has provoked strong opinion and a fair amount of opposition, especially in terms of the challenges it presents to fans.
The travel difficulties presented by evening games was a major factor behind the WRU refusing to host them any longer during Davies’ time as chairman.
Since Wales first hosted a Friday night match in 2011, there have been lengthy traffic jams going into Cardiff pre-match and tales of woe for supporters trying to get home on packed public transport late at night.
The hospitality industry are also known to be against such fixtures, as they miss out on the full match-day custom of a Saturday game.
So what are the WRU’s reasons for hosting another Friday night match, only a few years after taking a hard line against doing so?
Explaining the decision, chief executive Steve Phillips said: “You are not going to get every game on a Saturday.
“So it’s a choice of either a Friday or a Sunday.
“There is a commercial conversation but, more importantly, a performance one.
“What the performance teams are always telling me is try and avoid, if possible, a six day turnaround, especially if you are travelling to an away match.
“Financially, a Friday is not as good as a Saturday, but it’s probably better than a Sunday.”
Giving his thoughts on the scheduling, Wales skipper Dan Biggar said: "The Six Nations, for me, is probably a weekend fixture, a Saturday afternoon fixture.
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"But, for whatever reason, we’re on a Friday night and we just get on with it and enjoy the challenge.
"It is a little bit different and probably not quite the same as a Saturday afternoon, but it’s also exciting.
“A night kick-off, playing probably the form team in the world at the minute. It doesn’t get any better than that."
It remains to be seen just what the attendance will be for the France game, with tickets still available via clubs and the WRU.
But, either way, it’s a case of Friday on my mind once again.
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