By NEALE HARVEY
SOUTH Africa’s 2007 World Cup-winning captain John Smit reckons his country’s best chance of recapturing the glory days involves reducing the number of franchises to four, then splitting teams equally between top Northern and Southern Hemisphere competitions.

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Smit welcomes the trailblazing entry of the Cheetahs and Kings into this season’s new-look PRO14, but sees little benefit in having South Africa’s two weakest sides involved.
Instead, the former hooker has called for the traditional powerhouses of the Bulls, Lions, Sh...