The AFL will take action after a vision of Brisbane player receiving an injection was broadcast during live game coverage.

During Brisbane’s clash against Fremantle on Sunday, young Brisbane player Oscar McInerney was captured on cameras receiving an injection to his shoulder in the player’s race.

The injection was needed after McInerney received a knock to his left shoulder, most likely causing some type of AC joint injury.

"It's probably just an AC joint, so that's just a local (anaesthetic) injection into that left shoulder," Nick Dal Santo told Fox Footy.

"Not a huge deal for the footballer. They get stung, there's no pain.

"He'll be numb for the next 45 minutes, he'll be perfectly fine to play out the rest of the game.”

Camera Icon Oscar McInerney receives treatment. Credit: Fox Footy / AAP

Veteran Channel Seven commentator Mark Stevens said he had never seen such an incident on TV before.

Stevens has since confirmed that the AFL are looking into the incident, saying the league doesn’t want such images broadcast to the fans.

This story originally appeared on 7news.com.au