Not only would the Crusaders secure an eighth title if successful against the Lions in Johannesburg on Saturday, they would also make competition history.
No team has crossed the Indian Ocean during the finals and gone on to claim the silverware.
The Crusaders won their first three titles on the road but none of them were in South Africa.
Christchurch was then the venue for four final triumphs, the last in 2008 marking the end of a glorious period under Robbie Deans.
