Well done Cas, fully deserved and thanks for doing us a favour in our race for top 4 by beating Wakefield last night. You sure do deserve the League leaders shield this season, you have been exceptional at times and a joy to watch (Except when you played us of course lol)

Well done Cas on winning the LLS, clearly the best team by a country mile. That said, don't be taken in by anyone who says it's the most important or the most prestigious trophy. It's clearly not.
Whether you like it or not, the weekly rounds are merely a qualifying competition for the game that matters. In years to come no-one will remember who topped the table, all that will be remembered is who won the GF.
Can you maintain focus and intensity for the n ext 4 games which are effectively meaningless?
I guess time will tell......

At last, some sense of truth. The LLS will always be a contentious trophy as it's never certain how seriously the other teams have taken it (other than a means to qualify for the top 4 playoffs or avoid the middle 8's).
One thing is for sure is that Cas have played a very entertaining brand of footie this season, but need to back it up in the important end-of-season sudden death matches (remember Huddersfield a few years ago?).

Thank you for the messages. We all realise that the end game is win at Old Trafford, but hey! we are celebrating finishing top of the league for the 1st time in our history, and in the fastest time under the current format

People say nobody remembers the LLS winners but they always bring up Huddersfield and Warrington as examples of teams finishing top and not winning the GF.

In my opinion the League Leaders Shield is equal to winning the Challange Cup , but the enjoyment and pride is season long rather then the euthoria of a cup win.
The LLS and challange cup are the two minor trophys and the Grand Final is the major one.(falling attendances for the challange cup prove this)

im a hull fc fan,but to me finishing top of table proves you are the best side,in any other sport you would get the accolades you deserve,the grand final apart from being a money spinner proves nothing at all.

So are you saying that given the choice between finishing top and getting the hubcap, and winning the grand final and being crowned "champions", you would opt for the hubcap? Seriously?

in any other sport finishing top means you are the best,idiots in rl say if you win a 2 match knockout for an egg cup says you are the best.crazy

In any other sports except Rugby Union, NFL, NBA, MLB, Ice Hokey, Premier League Darts, AFL, and a bunch of football leagues

SL is different because we are seemingly the only sport that wants to treat both a LLS and GF as major trophies when most other sports pick one or the other. You can either reward consistancy or the ability to beat the best when it counts, not both.

Also, how can you say that the League Leaders should be champions when teams like Hull have purposed tried to peak at the back end? If you were crowned champions as league leaders then clubs would approach the league totally differently, e.g spreading the salary cap over a large squad instead of star players.

The LLS is also a bit meaningless anyway because we dont play everyone home and away just once

Not trying to take away form Cas though, as (unlike league leaders in some previous years) you lot have been the best team so far

This ^^^^^^^^

2 trophys to play for CC and grand final, honestly you would drather win the hubcap than 1 of those, most supporters would not, saying that you are the best team this year , but you might win nowt

well I looked in at the Wigan forum and lots of Cas fans are getting their two pennorth in and rightly so fair enough. So I thought I would look in here and see whats being said and nowt doing. Any way Cas fans if you win the GF at OT it will be the most unbelievable feeling of unbridled joy .

Congratulations! Castleford deserves this trophy - the best team by a country mile.

Hope you ginger buggers go on to win it and shut the whino's/goons/scousers up!

After which I hope you win the WCC followed by Wakey smashing you the following week so we become world champs!

Seriously tho, well done, you are absolutely superb this year.

2 round egg cup,id rather win the old Yorkshire cup.harder to win

Most folk wanted Cas to win ... I did.
But Saints were the better side on the night
Exciting stuff!

Cas - 50 league points
Saints - 33 league points

That ball sailing between the uprights was the sight of rugby league justice. Great game though. Percival will have a few sleepless nights that's for sure!

What a game.....well done !

As hard as it was to lose in golden point,it would of been harder for you given how well you have been all year. Well deserved trip to the final and i hope you win. Who knows,other coaches might see open rugby winning things and we may get the game we love back from the grind fest.

congratulations

Well done Cas, hope you win the final, really pleased for the ex Robins in the side, and of course the whole club !!

MEGA! Well done Cas and good luck next week

Well done! What a match. You deserve to be in the GF.

Great Match-Great Result

Agreed agreed agreed but for the good of the game, for everything that is just and fair, you need to make it nine wins in a row.