Greg Inglis insists South Sydney’s confidence has not been rattled leading into the NRL finals despite their charge hitting a hurdle in recent weeks with back-to-back losses to top-eight rivals.

The Rabbitohs, who roared into premiership favouritism alongside top-placed Canterbury following their 32-6 demolition of Wests Tigers in round 21, have come back to earth following defeats to Manly and Cronulla.

Inglis, who returned to the field after a three-game suspension in the surprise 20-7 loss to the Sharks on Saturday night, said the defeats were only a speedbump and could serve as a reminder of how Souths can return to the football they’re capable of.

“I don’t think it’s done that much to us (confidence-wise),” the star fullback told reporters on Tuesday.

“We went through a good patch there going really well and getting knocked back (with) two losses.

“We know we haven’t performed our best the last two weeks and we’ve got to get back to the drawing board which we did (on Monday) and have a real good look at ourselves and put in quality efforts.

“There’s always been confidence there despite the two losses.

“It could’ve done us a world of good so we can stick to basic footy instead of going side to side.”

Leading into Sunday’s clash with last-placed Parramatta, Inglis made it clear it was imperative to return to top form in the final two weeks of the regular season, including their final-round clash with Newcastle.

And that means taking the focus away from securing a top-four spot and improving the effort on the field.

“Every game from here on in is important,” Inglis said.

“We have just got to perform to our best each and every week from here on in for as long as the season can take us.

“And hopefully that’s right to the end.

“But we’re putting the handbrake on (top four talk) and concentrating this week and that’s against the Eels. They’ve got a lot of danger signs right across the field.”

Inglis also vowed to keep his physical approach to defence despite his recent suspension for an enormous shoulder charge on Dean Young which left the St George Illawarra back-rower heavily concussed.

“I don’t think that I’ve got any need to change my tackling technique and that’s all I’ve got to say about that,” Inglis said.

“In the end, I’m the last line in defence and that’s my role.”