Senior looked bemused as well when he did that.

Excellent observation/point and here are the numbers:

Count of Referee:

Richard Silverwood - =#FF000011 (29%)
Thierry Alibert - =#FF00005 (13%)
Phil Bentham - =#FF00005 (13%)
Steve Ganson - =#FF00005 (13%)
James Child - =#FF00004 (11%)
Ben Thaler - =#FF00004 (11%)
Robert Hicks - =#FF00002 (5%)
Ian Smith - =#FF00002 (5%)

Total - 38

Wow, so more than twice as much as any other ref? That's remarkable. I don't particularly think he has something against Leeds, but he does interpret the rules in different ways to some of the others, and that in particular is a disadvantage to the way we play.

Could be argued that if we get him so often we shouldn't have any issues in playing to his interpretations.

We would'nt have any problems if he stuck to 1 way of interpretating the game!!

Familiarity breeds contempt.
Not sure in which direction though.
Although it could all be explained by the so-called top referees getting the bulk of the top games i.e. those involving the top teams, such as the Rhinos.
I wonder what the ref stats look like for Saints & Wigan.