Up you go, Rabbitoh!

South Sydney are out of the cellar and, judging by their clinical and comprehensive disposal of Parramatta yesterday, it will be a long while before they return to those lowly depths at the bottom of the competition.

In league, it's sometimes not what you do that's important but rather the way you do it that sets you apart from the rest.

New coach Jason Taylor has not reinvented the wheel in his bid to revive South Sydney's credibility as a football team.

Instead, he has instilled old-fashioned basics, disciplines and values to his team's mental attitude and play.

Yesterday's win was a testimony to simplicity at its best.

I've written this column many times about teams during the past 15 years, but this is the first time I've been able to write it about Souths. They have good go-forward, control the ball well, complete their sets of six and effect a constructive sixth-tackle option. They chase kicks with vigour and defend their goal line with a new-found pride.

While other teams and coaches are obsessed with discovering the next mystical secret to winning football games, Taylor and his men have placed great faith in simply doing the basics really well.

Yesterday South Sydney never looked stressed at any stage when bringing the ball out of their end of the field. A combination of sharp dummy-half scampers from the likes of Shannon Hegarty, Nathan Merritt, Shane Rigon and Dean Widders and willing hit-ups over the advantage line by big forwards Roy Asotasi, Peter Cusack, David Kidwell, David Fa'alogo, Luke Stuart and Scott Geddes ate up the metres in the middle of the field, keeping Parramatta on the back foot.

The simplicity of their play produced a near-flawless exhibition of ball control. The Rabbitohs made only four errors in the entire game; a statistic well worth savouring.

Their kicking game was well-intentioned. The quality can be improved but I liked the fact they had a specific plan and backed it up with enthusiastic chase.

Once in attacking positions the Rabbitohs broaden their approach. They fall into a simple structure and move the ball swiftly to intended targets.

When they go for the big play in each attacking set of six, they have three or four options available to them at the critical point where attacking ball runners meet the defensive line.

They then trust the instinctive ball-playing skills of halves Joe Williams and Jeremy Smith to selectively pass to the best option.

It's pretty much the same play over and over again, but each time with a different twist. Williams and Smith handled their roles expertly and will only get better.

I think, too, the Rabbitohs are benefiting greatly from the influx of winning experience, courtesy of some clever player recruitment.

They may well be approaching veteran class, but when your band of senior players has come from previously successful organisations, chances are you're not going to fritter away winning leads when the pressure is applied.

South Sydney have led plenty of football games during the past few years. However, the lack of a winning culture has meant a poor conversion rate to victories.

Players such as David Peachey, Nigel Vagana, Hegarty, Kidwell, Cusack and Widders have picked up more than their fair share of winning bonuses over the years. They know how to close a sale.

Where once we saw nerves and a tentative attitude in sight of the winning post, these players powered their teammates to the finishing line, extending the lead at every opportunity.

Parramatta? They were awful. I won't go into chapter and verse now because a dissection of their performance and current situation is worthy of a longer and more in-depth analysis.

Suffice to say, Parramatta fans are entitled to start asking questions.

On the field this team has played its opening two premiership games without direction, enthusiasm or passion. However, I suspect the answers to both their fall from grace and any plan to revive their fortunes could well be found in analysing management decisions off the field.

But let's not take anything away from yesterday's winners.

The Rabbits are back, baby!