A hobbled Lance Franklin is set to be fit to face Geelong, having marched Sydney into week two of the AFL finals with four goals in a 65-point shellacking of Essendon at the SCG.
Franklin's right thigh was badly corked during Saturday's opening quarter but it failed to curtail his incredible run of dominance against the Bombers.
The Swans busted the elimination final open with 10 goals during the second term, four of which were booted by Buddy after he spent quarter-time on an exercise bike.
From that point, Sydney's passage into Friday's semi-final against the Cats at the MCG was never in doubt.
Franklin was put on ice for the final term as the hosts triumphed 19.7 (121) to 8.8 (56).
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Swans coach John Longmire insists his most potent player is in no risk of missing the knockout clash with Geelong.
"He'll be fine ... blokes get corkies every week," Longmire said.
"He'll do whatever he needs to do to get right.
"He was limping when he was stationary but when he was moving he was OK. We had a negotiation at three-quarter time ... but if we needed him he would have been able to keep playing."
Franklin has already set his sights on the Cats.
"Geelong obviously lost last night but we know we're going to have to be at our best to beat them," Franklin told the Seven Network after the game.
Josh Kennedy, the skipper who willed his side to a history-making finals berth after their 0-6 start to the year, was again one of the Swans' best.
Fellow big-bodied midfielder Luke Parker was also inspirational in the engine room during his 150th game, while the bold call to pick Callum Sinclair ahead of Kurt Tippett proved a masterstroke.
Sinclair kicked three goals and clutched a game-high four contested marks as part of a stellar supporting cast that helped Franklin make a mockery of the Bombers again.
Patrick Ambrose and Michael Hurley shared the burden of manning up Franklin, whose imposing record against Essendon stands at 68 goals from 15 matches.
"It really wasn't about Buddy. It was just how quickly they got the ball going forward and got it to him," Bombers coach John Worsfold said.
The Bombers held the superstar goalless during this year's round-14 epic between the sides.
Franklin, who became the first man since Tony Lockett to earn a fourth Coleman medal with a 10-goal haul in the last regular-season round, started the second-quarter onslaught with three goals in five minutes.
Joe Daniher started a few spotfires and kickstarted the game with a screamer and the first of his three goals but his side's hopes of an upset were ruined as they frequently fumbled and turned the ball over.
