Wales boss Warren Gatland faces his toughest day in work for the last four years this Sunday.
Following Wales' game against Ireland tomorrow, Gatland and his assistants will hide themselves away and thrash out the final 31-man squad for the Rugby World Cup.
It means nine players will be receiving bad news on Sunday morning when the final group is revealed.
Gatland has previously admitted that it will be his toughest job to explain to those not selected why the decision has been made.
And he knows all too well what it's like to be on the receiving end of those words. Gatland played in 17 uncapped matches for New Zealand but never won a Test cap in an era when substitutes were only allowed for injuries.
"It’s tough because I know firsthand what it’s like to miss out on a World Cup," he said.
"In 1991, I had been involved with the All Blacks and we’d just come back from an undefeated tour of Argentina which I’d been involved in.
"A couple of months later we came back and I wasn’t selected in the squad, watching it live on TV.
"I know how disappointed those players who aren’t selected are going to be when they watch the squad on Sunday."
Wales will reveal their final squad on Sunday afternoon by releasing a video on their social media channels. The players are set to find out when we do.
However, those not named in the squad have been asked if they would like to be given a heads up in the minutes before the squad is officially revealed.
Those players who have been left out will then have a follow-up debrief with the coaching staff to discuss why they didn't make it.
After the game against Ireland, Gatland and his coaches will have around 20 hours to finalise their group.
"We come back here for about half past five or six o’clock. We’ll sit down with the coaches and it (selection) will probably take a couple of hours," he explained.
When asked how many names were already pencilled in, Gatland added: "I haven’t gone through that exercise, but probably 23 or 24 I suppose.
"Having spoken to the players I think they are pretty well aware of the opportunity on Saturday and to be fair they have made a lot of progress in the 12 or 13 weeks together.
"The camps have been fantastic and we’ve been very impressed with the players. Sometimes you get one chance and for some of them that chance is on Saturday."
