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Steve Larkin

Powell-Pepper ban sets harsher penalty precedent: Port

Sam Powell-Pepper will sit out the first four games of Port Adelaide's AFL season. (Matt Turner/AAP PHOTOS)

Port Adelaide won't appeal against Sam Powell-Pepper's four-game ban, with coach Ken Hinkley saying the AFL has sent a blunt warning to all players of harsher penalties for concussion incidents.

Powell-Pepper was suspended for rough conduct for a bump which concussed Adelaide's Mark Keane in a trial game last Friday night.

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