Sydney veteran Jude Bolton wound the clock back on Sunday with a dominant showing in his side’s resounding 92-point win over Western Bulldogs at a sodden SCG.

Bolton, a stalwart of 289 games, finished with a career-best 41 disposals in the 20.12 (132) to 5.10 (40) thumping.

The 32-year-old also accumulated two goals, nine marks, seven clearances – and surely three Brownlow votes.

The victory was marred by Luke Parker’s broken collar bone, which will sideline him for the better part of two months.

Bolton snapped the first goal of the game as his side piled on a remarkable 9.0 in the opening term – played in driving rain – to boast a 47-point advantage at the first break.

Nine goals straight is the club’s most accurate return in a first quarter – and the Swans’ best score at quarter-time since booting 10.5 against Melbourne on August 2, 1997 at the MCG.

Bolton nominated last week’s poor loss to St Kilda as the catalyst for the stirring fashion of the Swans’ seventh win for the year, which has them fifth – only four points behind the top-four sides.

“Watching the tape it was really disappointing around the stoppages (against the Saints) … we (the leaders) were disappointed with our talk,” Bolton said.

“We just wanted to make a statement. If we’re doing the right things, generally the young guys will do the same.”

Parker was one of a host of Sydney midfielders to enjoy a glut of possession before he was felled by a legitimate Matthew Boyd bump in the third term.

“I know he’s tough,” Swans coach John Longmire said, referencing the fact Parker played a fortnight after breaking his jaw in round one.

“But I don’t think he’ll be coming back any quicker than that (six to eight weeks).”

Still smarting from losses to the Saints and Richmond in Melbourne over the past three weeks, Longmire said his charges needed to maintain their momentum against second-placed Essendon at Etihad Stadium on Saturday night.

“I’m sure the players will set themselves to do that next week,” Longmire said.

“The Bombers have jumped right up as a real quality team.

“They’ll be disappointed with their performance against Melbourne, so we’re fully aware of what Essendon can do at their best.”

Sydney ruckman Shane Mumford escaped unharmed in his first game since round three.

The procession gathered pace in a one-sided third term courtesy of two electrifying goals from Lewis Jetta.

Jetta, who finished with four second-half goals, tucked the ball under his arm on the wing and trotted past the 50m arc where he kicked truly.

He slotted another unbelievable goal soon after, this time while corralled between the boundary line and the 50m paint – much to the delight of the 13,505-strong crowd.

While the `Dogs showed much promise over the past four weeks, Sunday highlighted the gap between a side expected to play finals and another still in a developmental phase.

“We didn’t adapt well enough to the conditions and we didn’t adapt well enough to what they did do,” Bulldogs coach Brendan McCartney said.

“Our inability to cope with what Sydney did very well all day (was striking).

“Disappointment with the way we played and functioned as a team out there.”