Personally, I quite like this tag - fits in with the whole underdog and united family ethos which has always suited us.

Invariably, "stars" are the Koukash-esque signings more affluent clubs tend to attain.

However, DP has perfectly illustrated this year that astute acquisitions and motivation - whilst nurturing homegrown talent - will always usurp a blank cheque book. Ie: Finn, Channing, Wheeldon, Mariano + Holmes, Massey, Clare et al.

Anyone fancy trading any of these next year for "stars"?

Best of all - most pundits and neutrals deem us as the most exciting team to watch. Ordinarily, with who we've lost and what we had to work with, we had no right to expect anything other than a gritty hardworking unit. Somehow, DP and DO have provided us with guts and glamour.

They are stars in our eyes - that's all that matters.

I bet you would take the skipper off their hands in a heartbeat .

Well here is one Wiganer who'll be shouting for you at Wembley I think Cas have been a breath of fresh air in Super League this season they've played some great rugby, I know Cas fans hate Wigan and I didn't like it when you burned our flag but you deserve the Challenge Cup, Good Luck

I missed this, when did this happen?

O'Loughlin? Nah, he's too injury prone now.

Plus we've beaten him and his team twice this season

Can't speak for all our fans, but I don't "hate" Wigan at all. There was some bad feeling for a while when we were relegated partially as a consequence of how your club reacted to adversity, but over the last few years it's been great watching your side and its commitment to youth development.

Also think a lot of bridges were rebuilt at this year's quarter final where your fans showed great dignity.

Now as for Leeds ... Don't get me started!

Wiggins warrior it was the year what Morrissey is on about when we escaped relegation,

I've always seen Cas-Wigan as friendly rivalry, and had some good chats with Wigan fans over the years. Flag burning is a stupid thing to do and please don't think that we're all like that. To beat Wigan is always a good feeling for Cas fans, not because of any animosity, it's just you're a big club and have been consistently good for years. Thanks for the good wishes.

Well Mick Morgan and Brenda were our couriers on the 1996 Peter Banners Aussie tour what a man, mad as a brush lol

Top bloke is Morgy.

He certainly is. Can't speke !

The trick with stars in a salary caped sport is to make your own rather than buy them in.

Powell helped make and develop a generation of stars from our academy when he was at Leeds. A lot of your players (Clarke and Huby being the most obvious exceptions I guess?) weren't stars at the start of the year. But they are now. A couple of (as it turns out, very astute) signings in the likes of Finn and Hauraki that I wasn't convinced by at the time have also worked very well for you.

Thoroughly deserve it this season. I have always thought that for a league title Cas were sometimes too inconsistent but in the knockout comps were always capable of beating anyone. You have beaten us twice ( Wigan) and in good style.
For me you are a far better team this year for one simple reason - NO Rangi Chase. You are better organised and aware of what is happening than when he was playing. (To individualistic)
Congratatulations to the coach (must be coach of the year) and all involved and good luck for Saturday

Cheers Meadowland - much appriciated.