The Bulldogs set the tone in the first quarter outscoring the home side five goals to one to lead by 29 at the first break. They continued with that form in the second quarter booting five for the term.

It should have been more as they kicked 11 behinds.

“We just started to win the midfield,” coach Greg Piggott said.

That really opened the opportunities up front for the likes of he and Mitch Swain.

Both kicked four along with Brent Hartley, and were great targets up front.

“We (he and Swain) sort of swap between centre half forward and full forward,” Piggott said.

“It seems to work well.”

His main message to them at half-time was to keep the accelerator down.

“Throughout the year we’ve had times when we’ve slackened off,” Piggott said.

They were a bit scrappy in the fourth quarter but they still managed five goals.

At the other end, as has been the case all year, the back six were unreal.

“Our half backline didn’t let anything through,” Piggott said.

They held the Swans goalless in the second quarter and only conceded one in the third.

Ollie Neader was good in the midfield, Piggott said, so to was Andy Mack at half-back.

“Scott Hardy and Andrew George as half-pockets were good all day,” Piggott said.