A hat trick of tries for Liam Edwards and a double for Ashton Tuck, both in their debut games for Dunedin, were the features of the side's romp over Zingari-Richmond at Montecillo.
Zingari-Richmond appeared to start well enough, with some exciting play, but then fell back into an error-plagued shell after Dunedin centre Tumua Ioane cut its midfield defence to shreds, setting up his side's four first-half tries.
Dunedin quickly dispelled any hopes Zingari-Richmond may have had in mounting a comeback when Gareth Evans burst away for a 40m run off the back of a scrum to head in under the bar.
Edwards showed some individual brilliance soon after the restart and from then on the game was all Dunedin.
Edwards, who scored 25 of Dunedin's points, is in his first year of premier rugby after playing for Otago Boys', and Tuck is a recruit to the Dunedin team from Hawkes Bay.
Others to impress for Dunedin were halfback Brad Weber, fullback Louis Tili and lock Richard Thompson. Jeremy Bekhuis and Brady Carmichael featured for Zingari.
- Dunedin 60 (Liam Edwards 3, Ashton Tuck 2, Gareth Evans, David Smart, Louis Tili, Mark Grieve-Dunn, Brad Weber tries; Liam Edwards 5 con), Zingari-Richmond 0. Halftime: Dunedin 24-0.