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The Aus game was one of the most open tests played this tear - with lots of backline moves in evidence. You were right - Taute made 3 breaks and in the process beat 2 tacklers - but he made only about 10 meters in the process and there was no off-loads attempted and the ball died with him. Compared to the other backline players he rally showed very little - and what he showed was average and since he did not attempt even remotely an off-load in the tackle situations iit was in fact crashballing with virtually no benefitical affect - definitely not impressive.
Taute had a nightmare game against the All Blacks - and a missed line kick that resuted in a try for the All Blacks and the missed tackles he showed nothing of any real vlue in that game. His best game at 13 - where he was showing nothing above average - was against the Irish It obviously was not goiod enough - since he asleft out of the team and replaced by De Jongh - who should in the first instance not have been in the squad at all.
That is where we differ on this Board insofar as performances are concerned - .you see brilliance where there is none - and boklogic is correct - a center like Jordaan would have played much better in an open Oz game than Taute did.
