[2][3] Taele played for the Highlanders development squad in 2004[4] and represented Otago in the National Provincial Championship.

He signed for Saracens in July 2006, with the intention of joining up with the squad after completing the New Zealand season with Otago.

[5] By the time he arrived in England, there was too much competition for his position at Saracens so he was loaned to Leeds Tykes.

[6] Taele then spent two seasons with Overmach Parma, where he was part of the team that won the Coppa Italia in both 2008 and 2009.

He featured in the 2006 IRB Pacific 5 Nations squad with tests against the Junior All Blacks, Fiji, Tonga and Japan, and (as of November 2011) has eight caps in total.