Luke Hodge spends night in emergency with gruesome head injury

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Luke Hodge has spent a night in the emergency room of a hospital after copping a stray elbow to the head playing social basketball.
The newly inducted Australian football Hall of Fame member appeared on the panel of The Agenda Setters on Tuesday night with a noticeable cut with stitches on his forehead that had to be addressed straight away.
WATCH THE VIDEO ABOVE: Luke Hodge sporting gash on head after basketball incident.
Kane Cornes introduced co-hosts Caroline Wilson and Dale Thomas first before getting to the man sitting next to him, who had a story to tell.
'...and Luke Hodge, the dual Norm Smith medallist, Hawthorn champion, and a man with a fresh gash on his forehead — what has happened, Luke?' Cornes said to start the show.
A slightly sheepish Hodge, who was famous for his combative and fearless playing style on the field as an AFL player, was happy to have a laugh at how he found himself back in a medical room.
'Ah, it's old-man basketball, Kane,' Hodge said.
'I went up for a layup, and you can sort of see it there, it's a little bit of a gash.
'I got a nice little elbow right in the forehead and spent the night in emergency.'
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It comes just months after the retired footy star injured his hamstring, also from playing basketball, despite trying to train for a marathon.
'Daisy, have we not had this conversation about him?' Cornes jovially taunted.
Thomas replied: 'We have; he did a hamstring with similar results, and now the (gash).'
Hodge laughed it off, saying he's 'just passionate'.
'I think we need to hold an intervention after the show tonight,' Cornes added, before Wilson chimed in.
'I think the intervention might be closer to home,' she laughed.
Hodge confirmed he was given a reality check by family when he got home.
'Yeah, the first thing (said at home) was, 'Do you reckon you should give up on sport?'' he said.
Hodge posted footage of the moment he tore his hamstring reaching for a ball in April, after which he pledged himself to pilates in an attempt to bullet-proof himself for the marathon.
'After hurting my hamstring in old-man basketball, I've realised I have to dedicate more time to my preparation and recovery for my upcoming marathon,' he said.
'Let's hope the old body holds up through the training.'