Taieri fullback Glen Beadle was in dynamic form and scored three of Taieri's 13 tries when Pirates was beaten 79-20 in Dunedin club rugby at Peter Johnstone Park today.
Wing William Tagicakibau scored two tries and first five-eighth Michael Collins kicked seven conversions.
Harbour came back strongly in the second spell to give Dunedin a fright before losing 27-24 at Kettle Park. University A had its third successive win when it downed Alhambra-Union 38-12 at the University Oval.
It has moved the students into the top four in the competition.
Zingari-Richmond gained its third win of the season when it beat Green Island 33-18 at Montecillo.
Taieri still leads the competition on 35 points and is followed by Southern 33, Dunedin 32, University A 26, Alhambra-Union 22, Kaikorai 21, Zingari-Richmond 17, Harbour 16, Pirates 2 and Green Island 0.
Southern 31 (Bryce Hosie, Hanipale Galo, Byron Dodge, Adam Knight, Nasoni Havea tries; Ben Patston 3 con), Kaikorai 18 (Bryce Morgan, Matt Te Tana tries; Te Tana con, 2 pen). Halftime: Southern 24-8.
Dunedin 27 (Rowan McKenzie, Winston Stanley, Hame Toma tries; Greg Dyer 3 con, 2 pen), Harbour 24 (Aleki Morris, Joe Collins, Pete Mirrielees tries; Nick Ealey 3 con, pen). Halftime: Dunedin 21-10.
University A 38 (Matt Faddes, Shea Tucker, Wai Koia, Josh Dickson, Hamish Walker, Kieran Parker tries; Mitchell Purvis 4 con), Alhambra-Union 12 (Corey McFadzean, Colin Davies tries; Peter Breen con). Halftime: University A 12-0.
Taieri 79 (Glen Beadle 3, Todd Ford, Kieran Moffat, Kori Rupene, Brodie Hume, Jarrod Graham, Craig Kippenberger, Shannon Young, Michael Collins, William Tagicakibau 2 tries; Collins 7 con), Pirates 20 (Sokonaia T-Pole, Hisa Sasagi tries; Craig Sneddon 2 con, 2 pen). Halftime: Taieri 36-6.
Zingari-Richmond 33 (Lachie Moore 3, Chris Bell, Colin Enright tries; Michael Paulin con, 2 pen), Green Island 18 (James Spooner, Hayden McBride tries; Shane McNoe con, 2 pen). Halftime: 10-3 (Zingari-Richmond).
