Taieri were dangerous on the counter-attack and scored five tries to beat Southern 31-20.
Taieri leads the Speight's Mug competition on 32 points and is followed by Dunedin 26, Southern 24, Alhambra-Union 24, Kaikorai 16, Zingari-Richmond 12, University A 11, Pirates and Green Island 10, Harbour 8.
A last minute penalty goal by first five-eighth Peter Breen gave Alhambra-Union an upset 23-20 win over Dunedin.
Fullback Devin Stapley used his speed to score two of Green Island's seven tries when University A was beaten 48-15.
A last minute penalty goal by Shaun Driver gave Zingari-Richmond a 25-22 win against Harbour.
TAIERI..............................31
SOUTHERN.......................20
Taieri 31 (Kieran Moffat 2, Kori Rupene 3 tries; Andrew Reid 3 con), Southern 20 (Harry Uffindell 2, TJ Ioane tries; Ben Patston con, pen). Halftime: Taieri 19-13.
ALHAMBRA-UNION.................................23
DUNEDIN.................................................20
Alhambra-Union 23 (Ben Pereira 2, Peter Breen tries; Breen con, 2 pen), Dunedin 20 (Brad Webber, Will Henry, Pera Gibbs tries; Gibbs con, Jesse Toto pen). Halftime: Alhambra-Union 15-8.
GREEN ISLAND...................................48
UNIVERSITY A....................................15
Green Island 48 (Devin Stapley 2, Dean Moeahu, Tala Moli, Josh Beer, Sofele Tuiganala, Roma Sauileoge tries; Joe Bartlett 5 con, pen), University A 15 (Dale Jarden, Sam Buchanan tries; Stephen Fenemore con, pen). Halftime: Green Island 10-5.
ZINGARI-RICHMOIND.............................25
HARBOUR...............................................22
Zingari-Richmond 25 (Jack Facer, Daniel Ramsay, Andrew Melville tries; Christian Walker 2 con, pen, Shaun Driver pen), Harbour 22 (George Folau 2, Lex Kaleca tries; Ollie Cuthill con, pen; Motegi Daisuke con). Halftime: 10-all.
PIRATES...........................20
KAIKORAI.........................16
