"Mate, I don't think you'll find too many silvertails around this way," smiles Aboriginal back-rower Dean Widders. "Souths have always been for the working man, the battler.
"And now we're winning games, these people can head off to their jobs each Monday smiling. They say they're from South Sydney and feel good about that."
Holmes a Court agrees.
"Russell and I have been very fortunate in life but we're not the club," he says. "The South Sydney club is all about the fans, about the district we're from. I was at Matraville Sports High this week and to suggest these kids are silvertails, it's laughable.
"Yes, people in South Sydney want more. Yes, they aspire for their kids to do great things. But history shows they have to start out in a rough, tough environment.
"And now, thanks to our success in the NRL, it's helping people realise their own goals. Proving anything is possible."
Aboriginal forklift driver Dave Spears puts it even simpler as we stand near the entrance to The Block.
"The kids here," he smiles, "are all walkin' around like they're 10-feet tall."
South Sydney has always been for the people.
Just ask the 80,000 supporters who marched alongside George Piggins. The 2982 members who voted to privatise. Even the 396 members of The Burrow. Or you can just speak with Liz O'Neill. A Rabbitohs fan right down to her red and green painted fingernails, Liz reckons she is forever indebted to 1970s legends like Ron Coote and John Sattler.
