Brisbane Broncos bracing themselves to take on the monster South Sydney pack UK giants George and Sam Burgess anchor the Rabbitohs pack. Picture: Cameron Mitch Source: The Daily Telegraph SOUTH Sydney legend George Piggins believes the Rabbitohs' class of 2013 can surge to the premiership inspired by the club's best forward pack in 42 years. The Broncos are bracing for a brutal showdown at Suncorp Stadium tomorrow night, with Kiwi Test forward Alex Glenn rating Souths' big boppers the best forward unit in the code. That critique was franked by Piggins, who sees similarities between Roy Asotasi, Issac Luke, Ben Te'o and Sam Burgess and the forward pack that underpinned the club's most recent premiership in 1971. Piggins was the hard-as-nails hooker in Souths' last title success, spearheading a star-studded front six that included props John Sattler and John O'Neill, back-rowers Bob McCarthy and Gary Stevens and lock Ron Coote. He later coached the Rabbitohs to the minor premiership in 1989 with a forward posse headlined by NSW enforcers Ian Roberts and Les Davidson and inspirational rake Mario Fenech. Now the man who saved the club from extinction in 2002 believes coach Michael Maguire's pack has the fusion of size, skill, speed and toughness to break the Rabbitohs' premiership drought. "I have no doubt this Souths team can win the comp with the pack they've got," said Piggins, who played 118 top-grade games between 1967-78. Looking at them I reckon they are faster than our pack was and probably as tough. Kiwi Test forward Alex Glenn rates Souths' big boppers the best forward unit in the code. It is a different game today, it can be hard to compare eras because so much time has passed, but on the back of this pack they can certainly win the premiership. I know they haven't won a comp yet, but they are on their way to winning one. On paper, it is hard to imagine any Rabbitohs forward unit eclipsing luminaries such as McCarthy, Coote and Sattler, the Test trio who played 557 top-grade games between 1963-78. But Piggins sees parallels. He is an unabashed fan of Luke's industry at dummy-half and believes the monster Burgess brothers, 116kg Sam and 120kg George, would have dominated in any era. "When I think back to our pack, most of us were between 27 to 30 years of age - most of the Souths forwards today are 23 to 26," Piggins said. They are younger, but they are fitter, faster and just as strong. Wily hooker Issac Luke guides the big South Sydney pack around the park. Picture: Jeff Herbert Broncos back-rower Glenn says the club's title credentials will be truly examined by Souths' big men, whom he rates the best forward collective in the NRL. "From what I've seen they are the benchmark," he said. They are just enormous, they are the biggest pack going around and it's a good challenge for us as a team. Their backs like (Greg) Inglis and (Nathan) Merritt are playing off that. Brisbane and Queensland Origin prop Ben Hannant says Souths' go-forward will be relentless. "We will want to get the icepacks ready after Friday night," he said. As a pack we haven't reached our potential. They are the No.1 pack, so it's more a mental challenge for us to put our bodies on the line and go in aggressively.