A hat-trick from Abu Kamara gave Norwich City under-23s a winning start to their Premier League 2 season.
The young striker netted two from the penalty spot and one from close range as the Canaries put in a clinical performance against Southampton at their Staplewood Campus.
Alan Neilson made three changes to the side that had played the team’s final pre-season at Southend United as Jon Tomkinson, Dan Adshead and Jon Rowe came into the starting XI, with Tomkinson taking the captain’s armband.
Norwich began the brighter of the two teams but it was the hosts who created the better openings early on as Olly Lancashire, Kazeem Olaigbe and Caleb Webb went close to opening the scoring for the Saints in the first 15 minutes.