FORMER Swindon Robins reserve Mitchell Davey was re-admitted to hospital in Glasgow after it emerged his punctured lung was bleeding, following a crash last month.

Davey, who was later discharged from hospital and sent back home, visited his local doctor on Tuesday afternoon after suffering with pains where his lung had been damaged.

He was quickly sent to Glasgow’s Queen Elizabeth Hospital, where a CT scan revealed the 28-year-old was bleeding from his damaged lungs.

A drain, which later accumulated more than 1.8 litres of blood over a 60-hour period, was fitted to Davey – who later returned home after doctors were satisfied with the Aussie’s condition.

Davey said: "I knew on Tuesday something wasn't right and when I saw the x-ray I was shocked at just how much my lung had been bleeding.

"I was in a lot of pain, and even more so when I had the drain fitted.

“It was excruciating but I got through it and I'm glad to be going home again.

“Hopefully I won't be back for a while.”

Davey’s season came to an end last month after the Australian was involved in a four-man spill during Birmingham Brummies’ home National League Knockout Cup fixture against Mildenhall Fen Tigers.

The crash resulted in Davey puncturing his lung, breaking 12 ribs, chipping several vertebrae and breaking his shoulder blade.

Since the crash, Swindon Robins commercial manager Lee Kilby has raised more than £10,000 for the injured rider by walking 72 miles from Birmingham’s Perry Barr Stadium to the Abbey Stadium, home of the Robins.