Exhibit 23.2


                         CONSENT OF THE ORR GROUP, INC.


         We hereby consent to the inclusion of our opinion letter to the Board
of Directors of RHBT Financial Corporation (the "Company") as an Appendix to the
Proxy Statement/Prospectus relating to the proposed asset sale of the Company
with and into The South Financial Group, Inc. contained in the Registration
Statement on Form S-4 as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on
the date hereof, and to the references to our firm and such opinion in such
Proxy Statement/Prospectus. In giving such consent, we do not admit that we come
within the category of persons whose consent is required under Section 7 of the
Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Act"), or the rules and regulations of
the Securities and Exchange Commission thereunder (the "Regulations"), nor do we
admit that we are experts with respect to any part of such Registration
Statement within the meaning of the term "experts" as used in the Act or the
Regulations.


                                        /s/ The Orr Group, Inc.



September 23, 2002