Rugby: Unbeaten Southern outclass Pirates

Southern notched up its sixteenth win of the season when it outclassed Pirates 38-14 in Dunedin premier club rugby at Hancock Park today.

The key players for Southern were first five-eighth Julius Glasson and midfield back Luke Herden who had the skills to make the half-break to set their backline alight.

Wing Harry Uffindell was the beneficiary of this and scored two tries.

Fullback Hamish Buick was on target with his boot and kicked six goals from his six attempts.

Southern leads the Gallaway Trophy competition after 16 of the 18 rounds with 74 points and is followed by Taieri 58, Pirates 49, Dunedin 46, Harbour 36, Kaikorai 35, Green Island 33, Alhambra-Union 32, University A 27, Zingari-Richmond 0.

Kaikorai caused an upset when it scored four tries to beat Dunedin 25-10 with wing Sam Cadogan scoring two.

Green Island scored seven tries when they beat University A 42-10 with halfback Dean Moeahu and wing Roma Sauileoge and halfback Dean Moeahu each scoring two.

The leading points scorers are: Liam Edwards (Dunedin) 173, Andrew Reid (Taieri) 158, Peter Breen (Alhambra-Union) 148, Cam Rutherford (Kaikorai) 144, Glenn Dickson (Pirates) 137, Andrew Reid (Taieri) 158, Tony Fenner (Southern) 106, Tom Halse (University A) 90.

The leading try scorers are Liam Edwards (Dunedin), Andrew Stead (Southern) 11, Tom Davie (Taieri), Matt Faddes (University A) 9, Charlie O'Connell (Taieri), Sam Gavegan (Southern), Tony Ensor (Kaikorai), Sione Pulu (Dunedin) 8, Ben Pereira (Alhambra-Union) , Jayden Spence (Kaikorai), Sam Gavegan (Southern), Greg Zampach (Southern, Roma Sauileoge (Green Island) 7.

 

KAIKORAI.................................25

Dunedin..................................10

Kaikorai 25 (Sam Cadogan 2, Jye Cormack, Clark McNab tries; Cam Rutherford con, pen), Dunedin 10 (Tumua Ioane try; Liam Edwards con, pen). Halftime: Kaikorai 10-3.

Referee: Jeff Grubb.

 

SOUTHERN.....................................38

PIRATES......................................14

Southern 38 (Harry Uffindell 2, Julius Glasson, Robbie Smith, Andrew Stead tries; Hamish Buick 5 con, pen), Pirates 14 (Daniel Johnson 2 tries; Andrew Bremner 2 con). Halftime: Southern 31-0.

Referee: Ben O'Keefe.

 

TAIERI.........................................52

ZINGARI-RICHMOND....................7

Taieri 52 (Kieran Moffat 2, Andrew Reid, James Kenny, Logan O'Connell, Brett Anderson, Henry Parker tries; Reid 4 con, 3 pen), Zingari-Richmond 7 (Nathan Napier try; Mark Hunter con).

Halftime: Taieri 21-7.

Referee: Todd Pullar.

 

HARBOUR.....................................32

ALHAMBRA-UNION......................23

Harbour 32 (George Folau, Angus Duckett, Dalton Ellis, Norris Goldberg, Ben Nolan tries; Craig Sneddon 2 con, pen), Alhambra-Union 23 (Tili Puloka, Regan Turoa, Ken Hellier tries; Hellier con, 2 pen). Halftime: Alhambra-Union 15-12.

Referee: Hamish Davies. 

 

GREEN ISLAND....................................42

UNIVERSITY A.....................................10

Green Island 42 (Jesse Toto, Roma Sauileoge 2, Dean Moeahu 2, Sam Smith, Luke Johnston tries; Sauileoge con, pen, Moeahu con), University A 10 (Guy Schwikkard try; Stephen Fenemore con, pen). Halftime: Green Island 15-3.

Referee: Adam Morrison.

 

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