Bathed in glorious springtime sunshine, Jones was among a raft of pre-match performers, including Welsh folk hero Max Boyce, who had updated his 1970s favourite 'Hymns and Arias' for the occasion. More than 20 years ago, the Wales rugby team was involved in one of the most violent matches in its history. I didn’t want to hang around and listen to anything, I just wanted to get home. It was a horrible day to be a part of. As a rugby player, I was the worst. I’d get down over losses and take things personally, but as you get older you try to be unaffected. There was some overhanging girder work and we had to wear the red helmets because there was a lot of work going on.

If there were only 76,000 people there, I know more than 500,000 people who've told me they were that day!" Steve Hanley scored on his England debut against Wales, in what proved to be his only cap The match

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Fifteen former Wales captains and coach Warren Gatland will attempt to reach the roof of Africa to raise money for lung cancer research. It was just a surreal day and there’s not much else I remember about the match. I know we won but I can’t remember if it was a cup or league match,” Moore recalled. Garin Jenkins played England five times in the RBS Six Nations, most memorably in their 32-31 victory at Wembley stadium in April 1999. I remember Clive [Woodward, England's head coach] walking around the changing room and, individually, told everyone in there that lessons learned that day would help us win a World Cup," says Hanley.

Lyn Jones has suggested the late, great Williams was among three individuals most responsible for Neath's resurgence in the 1980s — Brian Thomas and Jonathan Davies were the others. I’m not great at golf but I can remember playing a few years ago with a friend of mine, Roy Fry, a Swansea rugby man, and being told: ‘Smell the flowers, Garin’. I was rushing and all the putting and driving didn’t suit my temperament. But I took the advice on board, learned to take my time and enjoy myself, and my golf got better. There is a lesson in there somewhere that can be applied to life.I never felt so in control of a game. We scored three tries to none but we were only leading by seven points at half-time," Hanley says. We had called in Johnny Evans at prop at the last minute because of injuries and were coming up against an all-international front-row of Spencer John, Jonathan and Dai Young.

The now historic date captured two memorable moments - an elusive first victory over South Africa in the opening game at the new home of Welsh rugby. Life is a show, whether you are a nightclub bouncer, a rugby player or whatever. The hard man on the street — he walks around his house doing normal things like everyone else. There has to be a time when everyone is real and loving.” To even say Wales' supporters travelled to Wembley that day in hope rather than expectation would have been a stretch. Welsh optimism in this fixture was in short supply. I was hated in Neath during my playing days, but I can go there these days and everyone’s great. I have a huge fondness for Neath rugby club now. I have friends in Llanelli, Aberavon, Pontypridd, wherever. You don’t moan. On the grounds of one of the most famous rugby stadiums in the Welsh Valleys, there lies a house. It is an ordinary house that has an extraordinary story to tell.The 'ball' captured in one of the most famous sports pictures of all is actually the head of former Wales hooker Garin Jenkins.

Unlike their trophy-laden predecessors, this vintage had enjoyed precious little success and started this Five Nations campaign in underwhelming fashion, losing to Scotland and Ireland. Wales were playing their home matches at Wembley while the Millennium Stadium was being built. While Welsh rugby at the home of English football was an uneasy fit, this would prove to be a landmark victory. Welshman Scott Gibbs scores a try against South Africa during their Rugby Union Test Match at the Millennium Stadium in Cardiff.I thought I'd bobble it just to bring the defensive line up! If you believe that, you'll believe anything." Scott Quinnell, pictured taking on England in 1999, toured with the British and Irish Lions in 1997 and 2001 Throughout my schooldays I had a passion for rugby. But there was a time in school when I was pretty much a non-attender, I was pretty wild. I think I succumbed to peer pressure; I was out to impress. When you see the 74,500-capacity Principality Stadium, as it is now called, it is hard to imagine there were only 27,000 fans and construction workers watching as Wales beat the world champions.