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Steve Larkin

Butters' plan to crash through pain barrier in prelim

Port star Zak Butters' sore ribs were tested by Hawthorn's James Worpel in the semi-final. (Matt Turner/AAP PHOTOS)

Port Adelaide vice-captain Zak Butters says he'll again crash through the pain barrier while warning Sydney he's well-placed to cope with a hard tag in their preliminary final.

Butters was substituted from Port's qualifying loss to Geelong because of a sore ribs but played with the injury in their semi-final win against Hawthorn.

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