Like the first team the second XV is already benefitting from the beefing up of the senior coaching set-up for 2020.
Director of Rugby Graeme Southern volunteered to help Scott Parker with the important job of running a team which is now a great mix of experienced players and up and coming talent.
Of course, the Firsts are already seeing the benefits with half a dozen younger players being blooded in the Stags before experiencing league rugby.
There are more in the pipeline including Will Cameron and Jack Harrison together with 18 year-old prop Adam Hutchinson who signed league forms this week. The latter impressing former Durham County skipper Andy Dixon who packed down with him last time out - a 71-22 defeat of Acklam.
Stags squad: Wood, Mould, Hutchinson, Caswell, Geritz, Bulmer,Tyers (capt), Simpson, Larkin, Leddington, Miller, Moss, Thomas, Quinn, Todd, Smith, Jamieson,
J. Painter, Harrison, Moran.