He kicked seven goals from his seven attempts to score 19 of Pirates' points, while an aggressive display by tighthead prop Halani Aulika epitomised the power of the Pirates pack at Miller Park.
Aulika played a key role in the dominant Pirates scrum and was dangerous with his driving runs with the ball in hand.
He was joined by Daniel Johnson and Jake Maiono in an aggressive and powerful front row.
The other key players in the Pirates pack were captain and No 8 Warren Kearney, with his skill at tidying up loose ball and driving over the advantage line, and flanker Dan Crichton, with his speed in the open.
It was the pack that was responsible for the first Pirates try after 29 minutes when four phases were put together and prop Daniel Johnson was driven over the line.
The inside pairing of Steve Bruce and Glenn Dickson had a controlling role. Bruce delivered quick ball to Dickson, who linked with his forwards or gained large hunks of territory by long punts.
Dickson's accurate goal kicking helped the Pirates cause when he landed seven goals from his seven attempts to score 19 of Pirates' points.
The quick hands and long passes of first five-eighth Jesse Toto kept Green Island in touch when he made the first try with a half break just before halftime.
The players to stand out in the Green Island pack were No 8 Scott Higginson and blindside flanker Mika Mafi. -
Pirates 29 (Daniel Johnson, Hemi Davis tries; Glenn Dickson 2 con, 5 pen), Green Island 18 (Titapu Lewington 2 tries; Jesse Toto con, 2 pen). Halftime: 13-13.
The powerful front row of Warren Moffat, Ean Griffiths and Kees Meeuws gave the Magpies the advantage in the scrum.
Blindside flanker Sam Crompton did his job at the breakdown and dynamic No 8 Andrew Stead was difficult to stop with the ball in hand.
Taieri had opportunities to attack but was not able to breach the defensive shield spearheaded by the midfield of Luke Herden and Nick Jones.
Herden's ability to stand in the tackle after the half break created opportunities for speedy wings Joe Hill and Seb Hill.
Tries to Joe Hill and Andrew Stead gave Southern a 13-6 lead at the break and two more tries were added in the second spell.
First five-eighth Andrew Reid kicked three penalty goals for Taieri and loose forwards Charlie O'Connell and Nathan Young had strong games at the breakdown.
- Southern 25 (Joe Hill, Seb Hill, Andrew Stead, Tom Franklin tries; Robbie Smith con, pen), Taieri 9 (Andrew Reid 3 pen). Halftime: Southern 13-6.
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.
A dominant Alhambra-Union pack set the foundation for a comprehensive win over defending champion University A at the University Oval.
The Alhambra-Union forwards outscrummaged the students, won quality lineout ball and displayed good, low body positions in driving play.
Alhambra-Union scored four tries to three and was much the better and more cohesive team.
It was 3-0 just before halftime but Alhambra-Union scored three tries in the time University A lock Rob Verbakel was in the sin bin for a professional foul.
Alhambra-Union scored two tries from well-constructed rolling mauls from lineouts and left wing Ben Qauqau showed immense strength to crash through five tackles for another.
Prop Scott Manson had a rampaging game and formed a formidable front row with Liam Coltman and Corey Barrett, and Matt Kissock and Mitch Ewan were excellent locks.
Peter Breen had a tidy all-round game at first five-eighth which he capped with a dropped goal from 40m.
University A looked under-prepared and played accordingly. No 8 Paul Grant was prominent at times but as an individual.
The pick of the students was fullback Matt Faddes, who scored two tries, one a brilliant individual effort, and set up the third with an incisive break.
- Alhambra-Union 33 (Matt Dalley, Ben Qauqau, Ben Pereira 2, tries; Peter Breen 2 con, 2 pen, dropped goal), University A 17 (Matt Faddes 2, Will Eder tries; Faddes con). Halftime: Alhambra-Union 10-0.
The strong Kaikorai defence restricted Harbour to nine points in the first spell and then took control after the break in difficult conditions at Watson Park.
Harbour monopolised possession in the first spell but its only points came from three penalty goals by fullback Grant Sneddon.
Kaikorai trailed 9-0 at the break but quickly took charge in the second spell as its tightly knit pack took charge and made ground with the pick-and-go before sending the ball wide.
Lock Dave Simpson controlled the lineout, No 8 Adam Hill led the charge and hooker Rob Griffiths was skilled with the pick-and-go.
Two early tries by the fleet-footed backline took Kaikorai into the lead. Pacy winger Tony Ensor broke the defence for the first try by Jayden Spence, and first five-eighth Cam Rutherford beat four defenders for the second try by Ben Atiga.
Kaikorai played disciplined rugby and put the game out of Harbour's reach when flanker Lee Alan scored after a forward drive.
Harbour's frustrations came to a head when prop Pieter van der Merwe received a red card for punching.
- Kaikorai 24 (Ben Atiga, Jayden Spence, Lee Alan tries; Cam Rutherford 3 con, pen), Harbour 9 (Craig Sneddon 3 pen). Halftime: Harbour 9-0.