Castleford has a special bond with its rugby league team and only St Helens block the way to a first major trophy since 1986
When dawn breaks on Saturday morning in Castleford, cafe shutters will be rolling up as early as 5am and the roads will begin to flood with traffic with one destination in mind. Few towns have as strong a connection with their sporting team as Castleford, a former mining town in West Yorkshire with a population of barely 40,000.
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