A police officer seriously injured in a Perth police chase on Christmas Eve has been revealed as Dockers AFLW player Ann McMahon.

In an official statement, the club confirmed the midfielder/forward had been involved in a "workplace incident" on Tuesday afternoon and had been taken to Royal Perth Hospital for treatment.

Dockers AFLW midfielder/forward Ann McMahon and wife Issy. Credit:Instagram

The incident occurred just after 2.30pm, when a car police allege was stolen engaged in a police chase through Perth's suburbs.

The pursuit started after the driver of the car, a 21-year-old from Cannington, failed to stop for police while travelling south along Mitchell Freeway, in Osborne Park.