He’ll be in the forward furnace against a monster Souths pack, but Bulldogs star James Graham is just as worried about the heat from the Rabbitohs outside backs in Sunday’s NRL grand final.

Englishman Graham has been one of the Bulldogs’ big weapons in their charge to the season decider.

While it’s generally accepted forward battles decide big matches and much has been made of Souths’ giant pack, Graham stressed the Rabbitohs packed plenty of firepower out wide.

Superstar fullback Greg Inglis has veteran Lote Tuqiri on one wing and prolific young tryscorer Alex Johnston on the other flank.

“There’s a lot more to South Sydney than the forward pack,” Graham said on Tuesday.

“Their back three are outstanding in their carries, very creative halves as well and a lot of strike power out wide.

“There’s a lot of strings to South Sydney’s bow.”

Graham brushed aside any suggestion there was a personal rivalry between Souths’ outstanding British forward Sam Burgess and himself.

“He’s a good friend of mine, he always puts a smile on my face every time I see him, so nothing personal at all,” Graham said.

“We both play in the middle, so we’re going to have to tackle each other.

“For me, it doesn’t matter that Sam’s here and his brothers and wherever they are from, I’m just trying to do my best for the club.”

Graham wasn’t keen to dwell on the Bulldogs’ 2012 grand final loss after which he copped a 12-match suspension for biting the ear of Melbourne fullback Billy Slater.

He didn’t view Sunday’s game as a chance for redemption.

“It’s 2014 now and we’re just looking at winning for our own reasons,” Graham said.

“There’s a lot of players and personnel that have changed since then.”

Graham, who lost five successive Super League grand finals in England, said the 2012 defeat wouldn’t be a motivating factor on Sunday.

“I can remember every big game I’ve lost from back home and even the Newcastle (NRL qualifying final) game last year and it’s still there,” Graham said.

“You don’t want to replicate them (sic) feelings. But it’s not added motivation or anything like that.”

Asked what his underdog side had to do to upset Souths, Graham said: “We’ve probably just got to complete (sets) and we’ll give ourselves an opportunity to win the game.

“I think that’s what it comes down to.

“Sometimes when two good teams go up against each other, it can come down to the last ten minutes and probably who holds their nerve at the back end of the game, and who takes the opportunity if it’s presented to them.”