Career
His regular position is centre. He started playing for the Border Bulldogs at the 2005 Under–18 Academy Week and then represented them at Under–19 level in 2006 and at Under–21 level in 2007 and 2008. He immediately became a regular for them over the next three seasons.
In 2011, he moved to the SWD Eagles, also playing regularly for the first team
Taljard also played for the NMMU Madibaz in the 2011 Varsity Cup. He joined Romanian SuperLiga side Central Saint Martins Olimpia Bucureşti in 2014.
He"s the younger brother of rugby player Matthew Taljard.