University A beat Pirates 18-13 in a hard fought premier rugby match at the University Oval today with first five-eighth Chris Noakes scoring all the points.
Noakes kicked five penalty goals and a dropped goal to break the hearts of a gutsy Pirates team.
The students now have a buffer of nine points over Pirates in the Gallaway Trophy competition.
University remains the only unbeaten team and it gained the win on Saturday by a gutsy defensive display.
Harbour gained the upset of the day when it gave Southern its third successive loss with a 24-10 win.
The points after six rounds are: University A 27, Pirates 18, Southern 15, Kaikorai 12, Dunedin 17, Alhambra-Union 17, Taieri 16, Harbour 15, Southern 15, Kaikorai 12, Green Island 5, Zingari-Richmond 0.
UNIVERSITY A...................................18
PIRATES...........................................13
University A 18 (Chris Noakes 5 penalty goals, dropped goal), Pirates 13 (Jeremy Cave try; Glenn Dickson conversion, 2 penalty goals). Halftime: University 9-6.
Referee: Ben O'Keefe.
HARBOUR.......................................24
SOUTHERN.......................................10
Harbour 24 (Iloa Lihau 3, Johnny Legg tries; Craig Sneddon 2 conversions), Southern 10 (Carl Anderson try; Lewis Hancock conversion, penalty goal). Halftime: Harbour 17-7.
Referee: Todd Pullar.
DUNEDIN.....................................61
ZINGARI-RICHMOND......................3
ALHAMBRA-UNION...........................35
GREEN ISLAND....................................15
Alhambra-Union 35 (Luke Reihana, Ben Qauqau, Ben Pereira, Peter Breen tries; Reihana 3 conversions, 3 penalty goals), Green Island 15 (Chris O'Neil, Nasi Manu tries; Shane McNoe conversion, penalty goal). Halftime: Alhambra-Union 18-10.
Referee: Liam Scanlon.
TAIERI...........................................35
KAIKORAI.......................................9
Taieri 35 (Tom Davie 2, Charlie O'Connell, Shannon Young tries; Hayden Parker 3 conversions, 3 penalty goal), Kaikorai 9 (Cam Rutherford 3 penalty goals). Halftime: Taieri 10-9.
Referee: Jeff Grubb.
