Due to the long trip from Pretoria to New Zealand and the fact that the Bulls have not won in Christchurch since the first year Super 12 in 1996 Righfully so the Crusaders are installed as favourites for this weekends first super rugby qualifier. The two sides have never met in a final, but todays match will be their fifth knock out meeting in seven seasons with the home side winning on each occassion. Earlier this year the Crusaders almost wiped out a 16 point deficit at Loftus highlighting their never say die attitude and with the likes of McCaw and Carter who are widely regaarded as the best ever in their positions in their ranks the South Africans will need everything to go their way. On the other end of the scale the Bulls will be without the experience foursome of Matfield, Roussow, Botha and Du Preez and when it comes to the crunch, experience or the lack there of could be the deciding factor. Some Stats The overall record between the two sides sees the Crusaders ahead wi...

This Sundays Wimbledon triumph was a momentous win for Federer, who is now tied with Pete Sampras at seven Wimbledon titles and extended his overall grand slam record to 17. The number has special significance as at that age a young Roger Federer won Wimbledon Juniors for the first time. Boy what has this man achieved and quite possibly still could achieve. Some thought that Federer won his last grand slam in 2010 but the great man proved them wrong and that Wimbledon should have been the place to do so was as fitting for him as his famous white cardigan and expensive post victory watch. On Monday he returned to the top of the rankings for the first time since May 2010 and will be only the second man, after Andre Agassi, to be ranked number one in his thirties another record. Let's not forget come next week Federer will hold the number one world ranking a record 287 weeks & counting, surpassing his hero's Sampras 286 weeks. Twenty nine months without winning grand s...