Footy identity hospitalised with a HEART scare following weekend to savour for Brisbane Lions

Footy commentator Kate McCarthy is recovering after being hospitalised with a heart scare following the jubilation of both Brisbane Aussie Rules teams winning over the weekend.

The ex-Brisbane Lions and All Australian player was on cloud nine last weekend, where she was part of Channel 7's game day AFL grand final coverage at the MCG where the Lions thrashed the Sydney Swans by 60 points .

On Sunday, she was elated when Brisbane's AFLW team beat the Adelaide Crows in a two-point thriller on home soil - but then McCarthy was floored by her ongoing health battle at the airport on Monday.

'When the and double over the weekend sends you into ventricular tachycardia [a type of abnormal heart rhythm, or arrhythmia],' McCarthy wrote on social media.

'On the mend now, but Monday night review shows pacemaker performing like the Swans on the big stage.'

The scare comes as McCarthy has had a pacemaker since the age of 12 due to childhood seizures.

McCarthy was initially diagnosed with an 'intermittent 3' heart blockage as a toddler, and eventually had a pacemaker inserted in high school.

'An ambulance came, and I had a seizure in the ambulance, then another one in the emergency department. I think I had seven seizures that day,' McCarthy previously told the AthletesVoice.

'When I had my seizures, I would lose consciousness for about 20 or 30 seconds when the seizure was happening, then come back to after that.

'I think the most concerning thing for Mum and Dad was that I was really into sport — I did triathlons, so lots of swimming and bike riding.

'They were really worried about what would happen if something happened while I was swimming or bike riding.

'So I had emergency surgery the next day and they put a pacemaker in, and it was all fixed up from there. It's never happened since then.'

A qualified teacher, McCarthy represented the Lions, St Kilda and Hawthorn before finishing up her AFLW career in 2022.

She is now widely considered a rising star of footy media and is a key figure on Channel 7's AFL and AFLW coverage.

McCarthy is earning plenty of plaudits co-hosting panel shows Armchair Experts and Talking W.