Kaikorai put its foot on the throttle to outclass Pirates 47-5 to retain its top position in Dunedin premier club rugby on Saturday.
Kaikorai gave its best display of the season, when it scored seven tries to beat Pirates 47-5 at Bishopscourt.
The other highlight came from Alhambra-Union hooker Ben Pereira who scored four tries and this is probably a record for a hooker in Dunedin club rugby. But Southern still had the edge and won the game 31-23.
Kaikorai still leads the Gallaway Trophy competition after eleven rounds with 45 points and is followed by University A 44, Southern 38, Dunedin 30, Alhambra-Union 29, Harbour 28, Zingari Richmond 26, Pirates 25, Green Island 2 and University B 0.
KAIKORAI................................................47
PIRATES....................................................5
Kaikorai 47 (Matt Direen, Rhys Keith, Ben Inglis, Adam Hill 2, Seko Qaraniqio, Jim Stevenson tries; Andrew Reid 4 conversions, Cam Rutherford 2 conversions), Pirates 5 (Quintin Edwards try). Halftime: Kaikorai 33-0.
Referee: Mike Woodhouse.
SOUTHERN...........................................31 ALHAMBRA-UNION............................23
Southern 31 (Luke Herden, Julius Glasson, Uili Kolo'ofai tries; Lewis Hancock 2 conversions, 3 penalty goals, Glasson dropped goal), Alhambra-Union 23 (Ben Pereira 4 tries; Luke Reihana penalty goal). Halftime: Southern 15-8.
Referee: Ross Barnett.
UNIVERSITY A.....................................................27
DUNEDIN...........................................................22
University A 27 (Ben Hones, Randell Kamea, Shaan Davis, Wyatt McKay tries; Davis conversion, Chris Noakes conversion, dropped goal), Dunedin 22 (Joe Bradley, Bronson Ross, Sam Anderson-Heather tries; Tumua Ioane 2 conversions, penalty goal). Halftime: Dunedin 12-5.
Referee: Doug Rodgers.
ZINGARI RICHMOIND................................57
UNIVERSITY B............................................10
Zingari Richmond 57 (Nick McGrath, Ben Kent, Timoto Hanipale, Peter Breen 3, Canaan Tuhura, Scott Davidson, Stu Smart tries; Breen 6 conversions), University B 10 (Jason Beer, Israeli tries). Halftime: Zingari 33-0.
Referee: Jeff Grubb.
HARBOUR..................................................25
GREEN ISLAND.........................................13
: Harbour 25 (Kelly Kolberg, Kristian Gemmel, Peter Mirrielees tries; Ciaran Fenton 2 conversions, 2 penalties) Green Island 13 (Brendon Hamilton, Alipate Fatafehi tries; Marc Ellison penalty). Halftime: Harbour 15-3.
Referee: Dave Kennedy.
The leading points scorers are: Lewis Hancock (Southern) 123, Peter Breen (Zingari Richmond) 83, Glenn Dickson (Pirates) 80, Andrew Reid (Kaikorai) 70, Chris Noakes (University A) 61, Luke Reihana (Alhambra-Union) 52, David Thompson (University A) 50, Josh Hamilton (Dunedin) 48, Shaan Davis (University A) 46, Ben Pereira (Alhambra-Union) 45, Ciaran Fenton (Harbour) 43, Ben Smith (Green Island) 41, Dan Snee (University A) 41, Jone Paumau (Alhambra-Union) 40, Richard Naylor (Dunedin) 40, Casey Stone (Alhambra-Union) 39, Hami Goldsmith (Pirates) 35, Craig Sneddon (Pirates) 32.
