Jaque Fourie is so over rated it's ludacris, people were calling him to be replaced during the last Tri Nations. I've had this argument so many times before with newish posters, on how good Conrad Smith is. It takes someone who watches more than the odd highlight to see how what he does. He runs the AB's defense. It's that simple. He'll always make the right move, and never miss a tackle. He's capable of moments of great magic, but he's better at creating play outside him, thus the reason why the AB's have scored so many more tries the last three years, than any other national team in the world. Nonu is a great player, but with out Smith he often looks flakey on defense. In my mind, and many others, including many Irish fans I know, will concede that Conrad Smith is the best 13 in world rugby at the moment.
When Nonu looks good, Conrad Smith is outside him. The one game in which SBW looked very good, who was outside him? Conrad Smith. So no, he's not going to score many length of the field tries, however he'll always be the one to deliver the final pass for the player who does.
