PAUL Cullen has admitted that Saturday's home match against Harlequins is 'very similar' to their must win game against Salford two weeks ago.

Wolves did not shy away from saying that they had to beat Salford at Cardiff's Millennium Stadium - and they came away with an emphatic 50-18 victory.

And now Cullen wants the same again against a Harlequins side, who are currently sixth in Super League but were defeated 19-12 by Wolves at the Stoop in March.

"It's a very similar situation," said the Wolves boss.

"The Harlequins challenge you to play very well to beat you and that was something that we were aware of when we went to London last time out and worked very hard to come away with the two points.

"Our thought process is this game is the next tough step before we take on St Helens and Leeds in the next two or three weeks."

And, despite a comfortable 48-16 victory, Cullen reckons Wolves' cup win against National League Two side Barrow may prove to be a wake-up call when it comes to guarding possession.

Cullen was unhappy with that aspect of their performance on Sunday and has told his players they will not get away with similar errors against Harlequins.

"That Barrow game may be vital to us," he said.

"I thought we were very casual with the ball early on and we didn't really deliver to ourselves or our supporters. It just took the tempo out of the game.

"If any of our individuals is as careless or as reckless with the ball as they were in the opening quarter of that game, we will be punished by Harlequins.

"The challenge of this week is to acknowledge that it was sloppy, it was casual and you can get away with it against Barrow but you can't against a team as professional and as mature as Harlequins.

"No-one within our group is entirely satisfied with the way we worked against Barrow. Unfortunately it's a game we had to get out of the way.

"We intended to be a little bit tighter early on. Going forward in the middle of the park would have worked extremely well but we've got a lot of talented players who want the ball and want to push the pass and make the play.

"It wasn't the right time of the game and it wasn't the right conditions to do so and it just took the edge off the game.

"But hopefully that's a timely reminder for one or two that possession is vital in rugby league."