Saturday’s weather forecast of 14 degrees and possible hail in Melbourne might just be the best news Swans veteran Jude Bolton has heard all week.

While many players dread playing in treacherous conditions, Bolton has earned himself a reputation as a ‘wet weather specialist’ and will be looking forward to playing on a rain-sodden MCG this Grand Final weekend.

Bolton’s capabilities in the wet were exemplified in round ten this season, when the 32-year-old almost single-handedly tore apart the Western Bulldogs, collecting a career-high 41 disposals and two goals for the match.

Bolton also rewrote the history books back in round 11, 2010, when the midfielder collected 36 possessions, with a record 26 contested possessions and 12 tackles against Essendon in wet and wintery conditions in Sydney.

Speaking ahead of the final home training session before the team makes their way to Melbourne, Bolton said he personally couldn’t have asked for better conditions.

“I did my rain dance early on this week,” he said.

“I’m really looking forward to going down and playing in pretty cold, wet Melbourne.”

Aside from Bolton’s individual performance, the Swans side also showed they were adept in waterlogged conditions, with the team scoring their highest first quarter score for the season against the Bulldogs in round 10, finishing the term with nine-straight goals.

Bolton said he was confident the Swans would not be hampered by Melbourne’s wintery conditions this weekend.

“It doesn’t matter if it snows on Grand Final day because they still hand out a Premiership Cup and they still hand out 22 medals, so we’ll certainly want to be on the winning side,” Bolton said.

“I think it’s just the team that adjusts quicker.

“Even if it’s dry conditions it’s the team that settles well early and gets a bit of a jump on the opposition.

“We think we’re adept in wet weather and in any conditions.”

With rain likely ensure the game is a fierce and closely contested match, Bolton said there was no doubt the match would be won in the middle this weekend.

Bolton said the key to the Swans success would be limiting the supply to Hawthorn’s danger forwards including Lance Franklin and Cyril Rioli.

“I think there are going to be (two teams) of super talented midfielders, so I think it’s going to be a super challenge in there and certainly that’s where it’s going to be won or lost on the weekend,” he said.

“(Rioli and Franklin) are obviously really talented players but we back the guys who are going to be selected on them and go from there.

“As we’ve spoken about, it’s that contest in the midfield and limiting a bit of supply and also putting enough pressure on them when you can.

“If we can limit a little bit of supply to Buddy up front, then it goes a long way.”

With the Swans and the Hawks kicking 18 and 19 behinds in their respective Preliminary Finals last weekend, Bolton said goal-kicking accuracy would also be of high importance in this weekend’s decider.

“You don’t want to be kicking points and we certainly kicked poorly last week, and Hawthorn did as well,” he said.

“You just have to take your chances on the big stage and I certainly still rue the fact that I missed a number of shots back in ’06.

“We just need to take our chances when we get them in front of goal and get away with a win.”