HARRY Siejka admits his impending ban has made him doubly determined to put Whitehaven to the sword on his Bulls home debut tomorrow.

The scrum half is poised to land a two-match suspension after being charged with striking during last weekend's stormy encounter at Leigh.

Bulls winger Danny Williams plus Leigh duo Adam Higson and Tommy Goulden have also been charged with Grade C offences, which carries a two-match ban if players opt to take the early-guilty plea.

Siejka says he was embarrassed at being yellow-carded twice by referee Joe Cobb but insisted there was no malice in the challenge on Sam Barlow which has led to him being charged.

The 23-year-old Australian, who is expected to take the early-guilty plea, said: "He's a big guy running at a little guy and when you set yourself for a tackle, you've got to go in for it.

"Watching it back on the video, it's a split decision and for me to catch him high, he's got to come down a bit, which he did.

"I connected with his head and, even though there was no malice involved, if you do the crime then you do the time. Early-guilty plea is probably the best thing in this case.

"It was the first time I've been sin-binned twice in a game and it was a bit embarrassing, to be honest.

"I'm certainly not a dirty player at all – if you look back at the fight on video, I never threw any punches.

"I got grabbed by the throat a couple of times but I never reacted to it and it's not part of my game to go out looking to hurt someone.

"That's how the tackle (on Barlow) ended up, which is a bit of a shame, and it's very frustrating because no-one wants to sit on the sidelines."

Siejka and Williams are set to feature this weekend before being banned for next week's trip to Featherstone and visit of Hunslet seven days later.

"It will be especially tough to miss the Featherstone game because, in my opinion, they're going to be one of the top-four teams this year," said Siejka, who spent time on loan at Rovers from Wakefield during the 2014 campaign.

"With me playing for them last season, it was a game I was particularly looking forward to.

"But I'm confident in the boys and whoever steps into the half-back role will do a job, whether it be Jake (Mullaney) or Adam Brook."

Siejka has never played at Odsal before and is determined to make his mark on his home debut tomorrow.

"It's a big game for the club – our first home game of the year – and everyone will be up for it," he said.

"Whitehaven have got a pretty big pack and we're certainly not taking them lightly. We're doing everything right on the training field to be ready for Sunday and we're looking forward to it.

"The game-plan and the structures that Jimmy has put in place are as good as any I've had coached to me as a player.

"I was bit down on form and confidence coming to Bradford but I think Jimmy has turned that around. He's made the spine of the team a very attacking one, which is good.

"In that first half at Leigh, I lost my head a little bit and it hurt us. No-one wants to be getting sin-binned once, never mind twice, in a game.

"I've got to deal with that and hopefully get that side of my football right. But I think we're getting the attacking side of things going really well."

Indeed, Siejka dovetailed effectively with Lee Gaskell at times during the first half at Leigh.

The Aussie said: "Gasky's a great player and you don't play in Super League Grand Finals if you're a mug. He's proved his class and I think the more chances he gets, the more dangerous he's going to be.

"He showed that against Leigh by slicing through and setting up a couple of tries, so hopefully we can combine well again against Whitehaven.

"This will be my first hit-out at Odsal – I was 18th man when Wakey played there last year – and hopefully the fans will turn out in force like they did last week.

"We had over 2,000 fans at Leigh, which is more than most Super League sides would take, and they never stopped getting behind us all game. Hopefully we can get them down to Odsal and they can get the place rocking."