At 6am on Sunday, the announcement was made by the Welsh Rugby Union, confirming what many had suspected for some time.
As the week went on, and the noise grew louder, it became obvious that Steve Phillips could no longer carry on as the chief executive of the WRU.
That much had been apparent for a while, if truth be known, with the four professional sides and a number of other community clubs joining the growing number of calls for change after allegations of misogyny, sexism and racism within the WRU.
