It was also taken very seriously for the full 80 minutes by both sides.
Now the Stags take on the Heughers at the Friarage next Wednesday as they look to defend the cup they won in some style last year.
Against the Ams it was one of the club's newest recruits who began the scoring. Mark "Wendell" Tones turned up last summer with brother Henry to keep fit and since then has been running in tries for fun on the wing. He's still learning his positional play but is a tremendously strong runner and galloped home for three tries.
But perhaps the biggest bonus was the form of Phil Wallis. Back after a nasty nose injury he scored several times himself and looked a class act throughout. On a breezy night he scored all of his conversions and with POaul Moss still limping badly after his ankle injury on Saturday that was very welcome news for the coaches.