The table-toppers have won their past 15 games to surge to within two victories of Championship rugby and have lost just one of their past 24 after defeats in the first two contests of the campaign.

Starting from the most recent, the stunning run is made up of Bishop’s Stortford (home, 31-18), Rosslyn Park (away, 18-17), Taunton Titans (h, 52-31), Leeds Tykes (a, 28-13), Plymouth Albion (h, 47-28), Tonbridge Juddians (a, 40-21), Cambridge (h, 9-0), Chinnor (a, 23-12), Darlington Mowden Park (a, 40-7), Blackheath (h, 26-10), Birmingham Moseley (a, 15-11), Cinderford (h, 26-24), Sale (a, 26-21), Rams (h, 20-3) and Stortford, 31-20 on the road.

Their most recent defeat came way back in November last year, then league leaders Rosslyn Park battling to a 26-20 success at Paton Field.

But that loss had come on the back of another brilliant streak, the Ravers unbeaten in eight matches against Taunton (a, 36-31), Leeds (h, 31-28), Plymouth (a, 26-7), TJs (h, 47-40), Cambridge (a, 22-22), Chinnor (h, 27-27), DMP (h, 27-22) and Blackheath (a, 18-16).

The two defeats at home to Birmingham Moseley (h, 0-24) and Cinderford (a, 21-29) seem a distant memory – and even those came on the back of Caldy’s 25-match unbeaten season in winning the Covid-shortened National Two North campaign in 2019/20.

Players to Watch:

Sam Dickinson – Former England Saxons second row returned to his boyhood club at the start of the season, having previously made more than 80 appearances for Northampton Saints and also spending time at Championship clubs Rotherham Titans, Moseley and Ealing Trailfinders.

Has played in every game this season for the Ravers this season, running a superb set-piece and also crossing the whitewash on two occasions.

JJ Dickinson – As with his brother, the skipper came through the junior ranks and has proved a totemic figure in his side’s title charge.

A strong carrier, he has missed only two games this season, scoring seven tries, and was named in The Rugby Paper’s National Two North Team of the Season when Caldy were promoted in 2019/20 – a campaign in which he touched down 17 times.

Ezra Hinchcliffe – Having helped Heath RFC gain promotion from Yorkshire One (Level Seven) in the 2019/20 season, the fly-half made his Caldy debut in their seventh game of the season against Tonbridge Juddians.

Has pulled the strings every week since, not missing a single game, and even kicked eight decisive points in the crucial win at Rosslyn Park when the league’s top points scorer Ben Jones (228) was absent with injury.