Gordon and fellow former Rabbitohs Ethan Lowe and Rhys Wesser and injured winger Jaxson Paulo were at Dubbo College Delroy Campus on Thursday morning as they continued talking to students about important lessons away from the sport.

On Sunday, Gordon will line up for the Rabbitohs in the NSW Cup match against Penrith in what is the curtain-raiser to the NRL clash at Apex Oval.

Muck like their NRL side, Penrith's NSW Cup team is also unbeaten this year.

"The competitive edge trickles down," Gordon said.

"They are undefeated. We had them in round one 26-18 with 10 to go so it was our game to lose. They're a good club but I'd like to think that we're going to put on a good performance this weekend, we have a couple of boys back and it's in front of a good crowd here in Dubbo and I'm looking forward to it."

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A back-rower and centre, Gordon is enjoying his second stint in red and green after previously playing with the club from 2005 to 2008.

He admitted he has enjoyed watching the club grow.

"I came in as a very young man then and was enjoying it and I'm still enjoying it," he said.

"The club has changed, the bar is set really high now not only in the standard of athletes but the people that come to the club have lifted very highly.

"The club is in a really good place at the moment and I'm just lucky to be apart of it both on the field and behind the scenes with good stuff like this."

On Thursday he was running some fun activities with school kids while there were also seminars on healthy living and online safety.

"It's really important especially in communities to get our footprint out in the west in the South Sydney Rabbitohs and Souths Cares," he said.

Wesser also knows how crucial it is for students to learn important messages heading forward and recalled his own experiences with mental health during his career which included an NRL premiership and State of Origin matches.

"It's very important for us as South Sydney Rabbitohs and Souths Cares to be able to deliver key messages around eSafety and mental health and also finding out what's going on and how they can benefit from programs like that," he said.

"I think for an ex-player like myself mental health has been apart of me during my career and also after my career so having the right support systems and the ones we can identify as our family and friends that can support us along that journey," he said.

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