Rugby: Pirates stay at top of the table

Pirates lock , Andrew Johnson takes a kick off as he is supported in the air by Clinton Garrity (left) and Craig Millar (right). Photo by Caswell images.

Jake Maiono drives the ball forward on halfway as Pirates beat Zingari Richmond 28 - 23. Photo by Caswell images.

Tuhoro Christie (with the ball) crashes the ball forward for Zingari, as Louis Tili (No 18) braces himself for the tackle. Photo by Caswell images.

Christian Walker for Zingari, spies a gap between Pirates defenders Opini Toomalatai and Louis Tili. Photo by Caswell images.

Pirates wing Will Scorgie just manages to hang-on to Zingari center Nathan Napier. Photo by Caswell images.

Pirates No 8 Solomon T-Pole makes another hard driving run at Monticello. Photo by Caswell images.

A rampaging Gareth Evans (Dunedin) offloads the ball under duress from Kieran Moffat and another obscured Taieri player. Taieri scored on fulltime to claim victory over Dunedin today at Kettle Park. Photo by Bempmedia.

Flying wing Paul Tupai scored two tries to keep Pirates at the top of the Dunedin premier rugby competition after two rounds.

More photos from the Pirates-Zingari game

Pirates gave a sparkling display to score four tries at Montecillo to beat Zingari-Richmond 28-23.

Last year Pirates finished bottom of the competition but they have been rejuvenated this year by their coach and former All Black Paul Miller.

Pirates share the lead with Varsity A. The students continued their winning way by beating Harbour 31-22.

The other unbeatable teams after two rounds are Southern that had to work hard to beat Green Island 38-31 while last year's champions Taieri beat Dunedin 28-19.

The scores were: Taieri 28, Dunedin 19; Kaikorai 34, Alhambra-Union 23; Pirates 28, Zingari-Richmond 23; Southern 38, Green Island 31; University A 31, Harbour 22.

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