Luke Reihana contributed 20 points and played a fine all-round game as Alhambra-Union comfortably beat Green Island at the North Ground.
It was club rugby at its competitive best when the students won a tense game at the outer University Oval against a Pirates team that refused to give up.
Harbour scored four tries to beat Southern at Watson Park in a game riddled with mistakes and wrong options by both teams.
University A beat Pirates 18-13 in a hard fought premier rugby match at the University Oval today with first five-eighth Chris Noakes scoring all the points.
University A took the first step on its way to a championship win when it beat Southern 21-3 and won the first round of the Dunedin premier rugby competition.
University A remained unbeaten and captured the Speight's Jug for the first round of the Dunedin premier rugby competition when they downed Southern 21-3 at the University Oval.
Otago first five-eighth Glenn Dickson lifted Weston-super-Mare out of the doldrums when he joined the English club in January.
First five-eighth Chris Noakes scored 30 points to help the University A juggernaut remain unbeaten in Dunedin premier rugby on Saturday.
Kaikorai's inside backs and loose forwards were key contributors to a convincing win over Harbour at Watson Park.
Flanker Gareth Evans gave a dynamic display and was the catalyst for Dunedin's narrow win over Alhambra-Union at the North Ground.
A polished Taieri team scored seven tries to dominate the game and outclass Green Island at Miller Park.
Southern fell to its first loss of the season to a determined Pirates side at Bathgate Park.
The return of experienced first five-eighth Glenn Dickson from the United Kingdom gave confidence to Pirates that caused the upset of the day when they beat Southern 17-13 in Dunedin club rugby today.
No 8 Paul Grant was in dominant form and played a key role in University A's win over Alhambra-Union at the North Ground.
Southern won the game in the first half when it dominated possession and led 5-3 playing into a 20-point gale at Kettle Park.
Taieri muscled up in the forwards to claim a deserved breakthrough win of the season in front of an appreciative home crowd at Peter Johnstone Park.
Powerful centre Siaosi Folau was in blockbusting form as Harbour comprehensively beat Green Island at windswept Watson Park.
Three Highlanders played club rugby on Saturday and two left the field with injuries that might prevent them from playing against the Hurricanes in Dunedin on Saturday.
Club rugby will be spiced up on Saturday with three members of the Highlanders squad released to play in the Dunedin premier competition.
A Southern team gained its second bonus-point win on Saturday and is the Dunedin premier club leader after two rounds.