A version of this article originally appeared on womens.afl.com.au

PORT Adelaide skipper Erin Phillips has visited injured young Western Bulldog Brit Gutknecht in hospital in Adelaide after she suffered a horror broken leg playing against the Power.

21-year-old Gutknecht broke both the tibia and fibula bones in her leg in a smother gone wrong, and the game was halted for at least 30 minutes.

The two teams then played out the final few minutes of the second quarter, having had to warm up again on the field.

"There was no rule book about what to do in that situation, we were trying to do our best in that moment. No one really knew, there were a lot of moving parts to it, the way everyone handled themselves in that position was incredible," Western Bulldogs captain Ellie Blackburn said.

"The way the Port girls carried themselves as well, the respect they showed was awesome. Erin's been incredible in the process, she's even visited Brit a couple of times in hospital, which has been amazing that she's shown that support.

"The officials, the umpires were great at communicating towards us and our team, the coaches and our support staff were obviously great at talking to us and making sure that everyone was okay in that process.

"Obviously we haven't witnessed anything like that before, it was pretty scary to be honest, and something that I would never wish upon anyone to ever happen. But because of the way Brit handled herself, it allowed the girls to go back out there and play the rest of the game."