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Sturt’s Jack Stephens is out with a broken jaw after a big hit by Port Adelaide’s Henry Slattery

THE SANFL tribunal is expected to come down hard on Port Adelaide player Henry Slattery for this brutal bump which left Sturt opponent Jack Stephens with a broken jaw. VIDEO

THE SANFL tribunal is expected to come down hard on Port Adelaide player Henry Slattery for this brutal bump which left Sturt opponent Jack Stephens with a broken jaw.

After a week in which the bump was the most talked about topic in the football world, the SANFL will set its own benchmark on dangerous hits to the head.

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In this vision shared by the Sturt Football Club on its Facebook page, Slattery appears to leave his feet before making contact with Stephens’ head.

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The incident was referred directly to the tribunal and will be heard at 5.30pm today.

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The vision on Sturt’s Facebook page was accompanied by the following statement: “Good luck Jack Stephens as he recovers from surgery after having his jaw broken on the weekend against Port. Pity his mother had to witness it at the ground on Mother’s Day.”

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