I really don't care about tackling hard, I care about tackle efficiency. Same with running hard, I want running metres.
Based off 2024 stats as they are most recent, and this doesn't even take into account that Jensen started and did a lot of his work against fresh opponents.
Jensen 2024 averages:
Minutes: 51
Runs: 13
Metres: 112m
Tackles: 30
Missed tackles: 1
Taupau:
Minutes: 29
Ave Runs: 8
Ave m: 76m
Tackles: 16
Missed tackles: 0
When it comes to errors and penalties, they both conceded 4 each total for the season. Difference is Jensen did his in 1240mins of game time compared to 379mins from Taupau.
I'm not saying Taupau can't be effective, but he's not as good a player as Jensen is, and is way older. If we aren't going to be using Jensen in the 17, we should be looking to trading him to a team short of middles for an edge back rower.