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The South African hooker will be one of two players from the winning 22-man match day squad at Stade de France competing in European club rugby's elite tournament this season.
The other is match winning full back Percy Montgomery - the RWC 2007 leading points scorer - who returns to the Heineken Cup with Perpignan two years after making a total of 12 tournament appearances with Newport Gwent Dragons.
A total of 38 RWC winners have so far played in the Heineken Cup since its launch in 1995 and Smit, along with the Wallabies' 1999 replacement hooker Jeremy Paul, who has joined Gloucester Rugby, is set to take that tally to 40.
RUGBY WORLD CUP WINNERS (MATCH DAY 22) WHO HAVE PLAYED IN THE HEINEKEN CUP
1987 - Zinzan Brooke (Harlequins), Frano Botica (Llanelli Scarlets and Biarittz Olymique)
1991 - Michael Lynagh (Benetton Treviso), Jason Little (Gloucester Rugby)
1995 - Joel Stransky (Leicester Tigers), Francois Pienaar (Saracens), Garry Pagel (Northampton Saints), Naka Drotske (London Irish), Brendan Venter (London Irish)
1999 - Matt Burke (Newcastle Falcons), Dan Herbert (Perpigan), Joe Roff (Biarritz Olympique), Jason Little (Gloucester Rugby), Chris Whitaker (Leinster), Mark Connors (Northampton Saints), Owen Finegan (Leinster)
2003 - Josh Lewsey (London Wasps), Jason Robinson (Sale Sharks), Will Greenwood (Leicester Tigers and Harlequins), Mike Tindall (Bath Rugby and Gloucester Rugby), Ben Cohen (Northampton Saints), Jonny Wilkinson (Newcastle Falcons), Matt Dawson (Northampton Saints and London Wasps), Trevor Woodman (Gloucester Rugby), Steve Thomson (Northampton Saints), Phil Vickery (Gloucester and London Wasps), Martin Johnson, Ben Kay, Neil Back, Dorian West, Martin Corry, Lewis Moody (all Leicester Tigers), Richard Hill (Saracens), Lawrence Dallaglio (London Wasps), Jason Leonard (Harlequins), Kyran Bracken (Saracens), Mike Catt (Bath Rugby and London Irish), Iain Balshaw (Bath Rugby and Gloucester Rugby)
2007 - Percy Montgomery (Newport Gwent Dragons)
and coming up … John Smit (ASM Clermont Auvergne), Jeremy Paul (Gloucester Rugby)
