After years of staving off relegation, Super League's great escapologists Wakefield Trinity have finally succumbed to the drop.
The 2023 season marks the end of their 24-year stay in the top tier, a tenure littered with heroic nights, last-ditch efforts and dramatic comebacks.
Friday's 20-19 defeat by Leigh means they can no longer catch Castleford to avoid dropping into the Championship.
This is the last year of promotion and relegation before licensing comes in.
Errors, errors, errors
Wakefield head coach Mark Applegarth described last week's defeat by Catalans, which all but consigned Wakefield to relegation, as "Groundhog Day" - in that poor execution and errors at key times were once again unpicking the positives from their play.
The same had occurred the previous week as another title challenger in St Helens were run close but still came away with the points.
"It's the tale of their season," Huddersfield assistant coach Luke Robinson told the BBC's Super League Show, in his role as a pundit.
"They started the season really inconsistently and Mark Applegarth spoke about those basic errors which have cost them.
"They had a bit of a purple patch when prop David Fifita came in, and [half-back] Luke Gale, but they've not consistently kicked on and managed to get the results."
It was the home loss to Castleford at the end of August which proved most costly, though, as it handed the Tigers a two-point buffer which they improved with victory over Hull on the same night Catalans beat Trinity at Belle Vue.
Bouncing back will take more than a successful Championship campaign next season, as the IMG-fuelled move to criteria-based meeting of standards puts extra pressure on Trinity in terms of facilities, fanbase and visibility in addition to on-field success, regardless of a shiny new stand.
Analysis: 'The waters have been choppier than ever in 2023'
James Deighton, BBC Radio Leeds rugby league producer
On 26 September, it will be 25 years to the day since the giant frame of prop Francis Stephenson crashed over the try-line at Huddersfield to draw Wakefield Trinity level with Featherstone Rovers in the inaugural Division One Grand Final.
Australian Garen Casey kicked the conversion as Andy Kelly's heroes secured promotion to the promised land, Super League.
Since then, Trinity's top-flight tenure hasn't always been plain sailing, though the waters have been choppier than ever this season - and the club has disappeared down the Super League plughole for the very first time.
So, where did it all go wrong? There were no obvious signs in Trinity's opening-day defeat at home by Catalans Dragons - on another night it could have been a winning start for Wakefield.
However, the points dried up and the defeats piled up with 15 successive losses in all competitions - and, as the impressive new East Stand rose from the Belle Vue earth, the team were just as steadily dismantling.