Saffex
Lets agree to disagree on Taute. I have seen nothing in Taute's performance against the Australians in the Pretoria that even by any stretch of imagination can be called excellent. I would agree with Sharkbok - he actually had a below-par game.
In the Soweto test Taute put up an unsatisfactory performance. His best test was against the Irish - where he showed enough to justigy an average rating.
I agre substantially with you on the stats issue - the only value of stats can really be accepted as of value is over a longish period - defoinitely not on a one match performance basis. Over a nearly 3 yeqar period Taute had extra-ordinary performance records as a full back - in the 6 matches he played at center he showed very little of real substance.
