South Sydney coach Anthony Seibold admits his side have been thrown off balance by their recent backline injury crisis.
But with prolific try-scoring winger Robert Jennings fit for Thursday's NRL final-round clash with the Wests Tigers, the Rabbitohs are back to full strength.
Full strength: Robert Jennings’ return will see the Bunnies have their entire first team back.
Souths have lost three straight, however, will have all of their top 13 available when Jennings returns from a hamstring injury.
With the side in dire need of momentum heading into the finals, Jennings' return is timely.
Greg Inglis, Alex Johnston and Campbell Graham have all missed game time over the past month and it appeared to extract a toll.
Seibold was refusing to hit the panic button after consecutive losses to the Sydney Roosters, Brisbane and Canberra but said their injury woes had thrown out their combinations.
"One thing that happens when you lose some of your edge players is you lose that cohesion and that connection across the group," he said.
"Especially defensively but also from an attacking point of view.
"We've had some good combination there on both edges and we've missed those guys who have played the bulk of the season for us but it's a good experience for the younger guys like Braidon Burns and Tyrell Fuimano and Hymel Hunt."
The Rabbitohs can jump into second and earn a home final with a win over the Tigers – although they would require the Roosters to lose at Parramatta and turn around a for-and-against differential.
Standing in front of Souths are the out of finals contention Tigers who have made a habit of knocking over more fancied sides this year.
Despite missing the top eight, they've claimed the scalps of Melbourne, Roosters, St George Illawara, as well as the Rabbitohs just six weeks ago.
"They did a really good job against us, they slowed the game down both from a defensive points of view and they put the ball into touch a lot," Seibold said.
"They played a lot of drop-offs on us, a lot of offloads; I think they call it chaos footy."
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