Tango Morgan toasted a try double as Huntingdon & District claimed their first win of the season.
Stags tasted success in their opening Racecourse outing of 2016/17 when beating Paviors 27-10 in a Midlands Division One East clash last Saturday – and all the points were shared by two men.
The boot of Tad Chapman was responsible for 17 of them as he kicked five penalties and a conversion, while Morgan twice went over for tries.
Stags held an early lead courtesy of Chapman’s first successful penalty, but a converted try then put the visitors in the ascendancy.
Morgan changed that when forcing his way over after a smart offload, while a Chapman conversion and another penalty stretched Stags’ advantage to 13-7 at the break.
And the hosts’ margin of victory was made considerably more emphatic by a hat-trick of penalties in the second period before Morgan capitalised on a Reggie Reid break to cross the line for a second time.
Stags handed a senior debut to Matthew Waring against Paviors and head coach Damien Whales is likely to have further selection headaches ahead of a trip to Bugbrooke this Saturday.
Points-machine Dan Malem is available after returning from a six-month stint in New Zealand while Russ Polson is back from playing American football.
Stags’ second XV launch their East Midlands Merit Table campaign at Peterborough this Saturday.
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