Sheffield RUFC are hoping for a history making title win this weekend.

The in-form side currently boast a near insurmountable lead at the top of the National League 2 North season table and are on the brink of securing the title for the first time in the club’s 125-year history, marking a proud coment for the players, supporters and the city.

Captain Ben Whitney says it’d be amazing for the team to win the title as they prepare to play host to Macclesfield.

Sheffield remain unbeaten heading into the contest after a tremendous campaign which has so far seen them win all of their 21 games, with the most recent being a crucial 31-21 home win over second placed Tynedale.

Ahead of the Macclesfield game, Sheffield captain Ben Whitney said: “Obviously there’s a little bit of nerves because we’re on the brink of something special. But I think mainly what we are feeling is excitement because we’ve never been promoted by winning the championship so it’d be the first time in our history. So it’s a really great opportunity.

Standing in their way is third placed Macclesfield, who mathematically speaking are the only team that can still feasibly catch the Abbeydale Park-based outfit.

“They’ve had a really good season,” explained the Sheffield captain when discussing Saturday’s opponents. “They are sitting in third. Statistically they have the best attack in the division and we have the best defence so it should be a really good top of the table kind of game and one that’s really entertaining.”

Whitney, who has been with the team for 14 years, believes the secret to the team’s success not only comes from this season’s hard work, but an accumulation of the last few seasons where the team has largely been able to keep hold of the same core of players to become a really strong cohesive unit.

He explained: “I think it’s not been just this season, we’ve been building to get to where we are for a long time. Over the course of the last four years we’ve kept a consistent squad and retained a strong core, got used to playing with each other, the standard of the league and also just signing really well and adding quality.

“I’d be hugely proud personally if we win it this weekend for the first time,” added Whitney.

“It’d be historic for the club and make the players incredibly proud. We’ve got four games to go and we still want to go unbeaten and do something that’s also never been done before.”

He added: “We’ll definitely celebrate really hard if we can get promotion sorted this weekend and might be out until Monday if I’m honest. If we get promoted we’ll be playing at a ridiculous level which will be great as we just wanna keep on growing and improving as a team.”