On the back of Salford's home thumping by Leeds - their fourth defeat in six matches - Harrison said: "If you get 50-50 calls by the referee, then you've got a chance - but at the moment every 50-50 seems to be going for Leeds. "

Fishing for reasons why the Reds shipped 30 points at home, Harrison went on: "We got a really rough call from the officials. Some crucial calls went against us at the crucial times in the game."

"It's not why we get get beaten," he pleaded in mitigation, "... but I'm just sick of these top teams getting 'coached' (by referees) and the lower sides getting refereed."

"It's just not fair, " Harrison opined and, despite appearances to the contrary, he continued: "... and that's not a gripe - that's fact. The offsides, the holding downs - two teams are doing it, but only one side is getting penalised."

"I'm sick of talking to the RFL (about it) because nothing seems to happen. It's not fair on the guys at the bottom of the competition because we don't get a fair crack of the whip."

With Hornets the underdogs for this clash, we're sure that Karl is equitable in his intent in pointing out that lower teams get a rough ride from officials - and we would expect his view to remain consistent when we play them.

In fact, just on the off-chance that we lose, it will definitely be the ref's fault.