AFL icon Brent Harvey rushed to hospital with sickening injury

AFL legend Brent Harvey remains in hospital after suffering a gruesome injury in a freak incident. WARNING: Graphic images.

Brent Harvey comes off the field. Picture: Andy Brownbill.

AFL icon Brent Harvey remains in hospital after suffering a sickening injury on Saturday in Melbourne.

The North Melbourne legend appeared to break his right leg below his knee and was left in agony during the first quarter of his Melbourne suburban football competition match.

As first reported by News Corp, the Kangaroos champion fell to the ground after winning a contested possession in a seemingly innocuous incident during his North Heidelberg team’s Round 1 match in the Northern Football League.

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Brent Harvey was clearly in distress. Picture: Andy Brownbill.

Brent Harvey’s leg is not supposed to bend like that. Picture: Andy Brownbill

Medical staff from both teams came onto the field to attend to Harvey.

Pictures taken of the incident show Harvey visibly distressed holding his leg. The right leg below the knee appears to have suffered serious damage and photos show his shin bone was twisted at an angle it shouldn’t have been able to.

The Herald Sun first reported the match was stopped for several minutes before Harvey was carried to the sidelines. He was then forced to wait 50 minutes for an ambulance to arrive.

Brent Harvey received further medical attention on the sidelines. Picture: Andy Brownbill.

Brent Harvey was eventually loaded into an ambulance. Picture: Andy Brownbill

7News reported on Saturday night Harvey remains in hospital.

The 44-year-old had at times looked invincible in his career before retiring with 432 games to his name.

The five-time Kangaroos best and fairest winner kicked 518 goals for North Melbourne in a stellar 21-year AFL career.

He holds the all-time record for most AFL games and was named in North Melbourne’s Team of the Century.

Since his retirement in 2016, Harvey has served as a player-coach for North Heidelberg an in more recent times was appointed to the North Melbourne coaching staff as a development coach with the men’s team.