Quartet aiming to join elite north-south club

ROD KAFER and Doug Howlett are the only members of the elite north-south double winners club — but now Pedrie Wannenburg, Scott Hamilton, George Smith and Campbell Johnstone are in with the chance of adding their names to that shortest of short honours boards.

Kafer was first to do the club rugby double, the Wallaby centre winning the then Super 12 title with the ACT Brumbies in 2001 and adding the Heineken Cup winners medal to his collection with Leicester Tigers in 2002.

Howlett doubled the club membership in 2008 when the All Blacks wing helped Munster to their second Heineken Cup title. Howlett was already a Super 14 winner with Auckland Blues in 2003.