Footy great Luke Hodge lifts the lid on why he was forced to take a trip to the emergency room this week after suffering a nasty cut to his head

Footy great Luke Hodge has revealed that he was left needing a trip to the Emergency Room this week after he sustained a large gash on his right eyebrow that required stitches.

During Tuesday night's episode of The Agenda Setters, Hodge showed off the painful-looking scar as his co-hosts jovially taunted him about the injury.

Hodge, who was inducted into the Australian Football Hall of Fame last week, revealed during the show that he had sustained the injury during a game of basketball.

The 6ft 1in former midfielder said another player's elbow had accidentally caught him on the eye during the match, which left a nasty gash on his forehead.

It is not the first time in recent months that the Hawthorn legend has suffered an injury while playing basketball, with the 41-year-old also revealing five weeks ago that he had suffered a hamstring injury while playing basketball.

On Tuesday night's episode of The Agenda Setters, Hodge was asked for an explanation of the injury by Kane Cornes, showing off his war wound to the camera.

'Uh, it's old man basketball, Kane,' he joked.

'I went up for a lay up, if you can see it in there it's a little bit of a gash, and got a nice little elbow and spent the night in emergency.'

Despite the nasty cut, Hodge appeared in great spirits during the show, laughing as his co-hosts affectionately teased him, while also bringing up his recent hamstring injury.

'Daisy have we not had this conversation about him,' Cornes said.

'We have,' Dale Thomas replied. 'He did a hamstring with similar results...

Cornes said: 'I think we need to hold an intervention tonight.'

Hodge then joked about the conversation he had with his family who he said had asked him: 'Do you reckon you should give up on sport?'

The footy great had previously opened up on his hamstring injury in April, revealing he had taken to reformer pilates to help aid his recovery and preparations for a marathon.

'After hurting my hamstring in old man basketball, I’ve realized I have to dedicate more time to my preparation and recovery for my upcoming marathon,' he wrote on Instagram.

'Thank you @Yourreformer. Let’s hope the old body holds up through the training.'

His eye injury comes a week after Hodge was inducted into the AFL Hall of Fame.

The Hawthorn star was one of several individuals honoured for his glittering career in footy last week at Melbourne's Crown Palladium.

The former midfielder amassed 346 appearances during his 17-year career in footy's top-flight, notably winning four premierships, three of which came while he was captain of the Hawks.