No surprises there.....he was like Sutton to us in his ref career I think it was in 2003 we got that prick for 4 games straight to end the season and he hammered us relentlessly.
Harrigan is part of the reason the game is such a deadset joke. He introduced cheat sheets, when he was boss gave referees carte blanche to "interpret" the rules rather than referee to the letter of the law.He turned more games with his style of refereeing than any other. Bob Fulton loved him so much that:
https://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/s...y/news-story/1553c2b8932e9a2f237e4dcdd5c1983c
Manly coach Bob Fulton delivered a verbal barrage to Harrigan after the game, telling him “I hope you get hit by a cement truck”. The remark kick started a feud between Fulton and Harrigan that continued to simmer for years — Fulton called Harrigan “a blight on the game” after Harrigan made a contentious video referring decision against the Sea Eagles in a match against the Dragons in 2010.
That feud cost Manly a fair bit as Harrigan made sure he just about always had the last laugh...NOW why does a certain other official seem to be going the same way...yep the man who Bill gave praise to for allowing the game last weekend to flow freely...
Yep the dirty little smirk that Gerard loves when it comes to any decision he makes against us....
AND how sweet, brotherly love;
https://www.nrl.com/news/2015/05/01/big-weekend-for-sutton-referee-trio/
Standing in the heat of battle as the only man of authority between two teams proudly representing their respective nations on Friday night, referee Gerard Sutton will take comfort in the knowledge that his brother has got his back.
The Sutton brothers, Gerard, Bernard and Chris, create a unique piece of history this weekend as each serves as a match official in an international fixture. Gerard is the sole referee in Friday night's Test between Australia and New Zealand at Suncorp Stadium, Bernard is acting as a video referee on Friday and also in Saturday's Fiji v Papua New Guinea Test for which Chris is one of the touch judges.
As Gerard is the standby referee for that same match, there is the possibility that all three brothers from Coonabarabran in north-west New South Wales could officiate in the same international fixture.
It's a remarkable achievement and Gerard said that rather than worrying about what little brother Bernard may or not decide in the video referees' box at a crucial point in the game, there is a confidence in how well they know each other's games.
"He knows my game probably better than I do and me as a person so he can look at me on the field and through my body language know where I'm at and how I'm tracking," Gerard told NRL.com just hours before kick-off.
"I trust his perspective on where the game is so the feedback that he provides to me is a real reassurance and I like working with him and I know exactly what he's thinking and he knows where I'm at.