Sydney have overcome a few early wobbles to tighten their grip on second spot and Charlie Curnow moved closer to a third Coleman Medal with a five-goal haul in the Swans 97-point home smashing of Port Adelaide.
Down by eight points in the second quarter, Sydney slammed through nine goals in a row on their way to a 26.11 (167) to 10.10 (70) win at the SCG on Saturday.