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By Adrian Crawford

Wing's two tries helped South Sydney to its second win of the season. (AAP Image: Action Photographics, Saba Saleh)

Craig Wing was the orchestrator of a second-half resurgence as the Rabbitohs came from behind to dispatch the Knights 22-12 in their round three NRL contest on Sunday afternoon.

Wing, who played for the Rabbitohs' feeder club last week, returned to the premier grade off the bench and while he was quiet in the first half he made amends with two tries, including his side's first points.

He crossed for his second at the 70-minute mark and Issac Luke grounded the ball under the posts just minutes later with the try that seemed to ice the game.

But South Sydney let its guard down and the Knights made two very good breaks down the left wing, Junior Sau scoring on one and narrowly missing another.

The Knights led 8-0 at the break but did not show the same attacking efficiency and vision in the second 40 minutes, allowing Wing and the Rabbitohs to make their move.

Rabbitohs forward Luke Stuart said Wing was the catalyst for the comeback.

"Wingy, he'll be my players' player," he told ABC Grandstand.

"When he came back he really sparked us. It's great to have him back on board."

He said coach Jason Taylor told the side to change its direction after half-time.

"That first half, we didn't play how we wanted to," he said.

"He just wanted us to go forward before we tried to go wide ... running sideways is just not our game."

Caught...Ben Rogers (c) is brought down by his old club's defence. (Getty Images: Mark Kolbe)

Half-backs face off

Half-back Chris Sandow took on opposite number Scott Dureau frequently in what was one of the day's most exciting match-ups.

Sandow dragged down Dureau to prevent a runaway Knights try in the first half and evaded him after half-time to put Wing in for Souths' first try.

Early in the second term the Rabbitohs were penalised repeatedly, giving unneeded help to the Knights' already impressive momentum.

Dureau's vision was superb with some sharp ball movement, and his kicking game was full of variety and precision.

However, the Knights could not make the most of their opportunities in the second half despite being given numerous chances by the uninterested-looking Rabbitohs.

Knights dummy-half Ben Rogers, a former Rabbitoh himself, said it was good to face his old club but tough to walk away winless.

"We came out all guns blazing and led into half-time, but I think they sort of come over the top of us in the end," he said.

"[At half-time] coach said to do exactly what we didn't, he didn't want us to clock off."

Roy Asotasi led the red-and-greens' forward pack with some heavy hit-ups, making 12 himself, and Beau Champion led South Sydney's tacklers with 22.

Rabbitohs: 22 (C Wing 2, I Luke, F Talanoa tries; C Sandow 3 conversions)

Knights: 12 (J McManus, J Sau, A Uate tries)