Defence shone stronger than attack during the early stages of the match as neither side could find a breakthrough but eventually the Mungoes men started to find their groove on both edges.

Mungoes showed more creative spark in the second half to get the break on Oberon, although the Tigers were at no stage out of the contest.

Lachlan Balcombe came away with a hat-trick as the CSU squad bounced back from their two-point loss to Orange Warriors in the opening round.

"We're feeling great about the result," Mungoes captain Cal Flanagan said.

"We still know we can improve in some areas so that's a good sign for things to come."

Tigers ended up drawing first blood although the Mungoes were able to hit back and take a small lead into half-time.

CSU never gave up that lead though they could never breathe easy.

Flanagan said things started to look brighter for his side when they played more adventurous football through their backline.

"I think once our backs got more accustomed to Oberon's game they started to play wider in attack and started getting the ball to our edges. That really paid off," he said.

"That's when we ran away with it a bit. We were probably hesitant at first to push things wide because our halfback Lachie Wilson was out and Norto [Kurt Norton] had been prepared to play at fullback and then had to head into halfback.

"Last week was a forward-intensive game, with a lot more football up the guts, whereas Oberon are a more agile team. They're pretty much a mirror of us and I think it just took us a while to realise what we needed to be doing to win."

Flanagan put the change in attitude down to five-eighth Joe Coady, who started to pick up the pace of play and send the ball to the edges more frequently.

The captain said Oberon's intensity meant his side never felt comfortable with their margin until the final whistle sounded.

"We got to a point that we were 12 points up and then Oberon struck back," he said.

"There wasn't a single period where we felt comfortable because we didn't know how much time was left. We did pick up a couple of tries in a row but because of the missed conversions the game always felt close.

"We just kept playing to our structure and doing what we do best."

Meanwhile in the other men's match of the round Portland Colts dismantled the Lithgow Bears 70-6.

The Portland league tag team had a similarly strong result in their 76-4 score against the Bears.

Orange Warriors were too strong for Kandos in their tag clash, 18-4

Mungals and Oberon provided the match of the round in the women's league tag as they finished all square at 16-all.

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