Travis Varcoe back among his Magpie family

Collingwood forward Travis Varcoe returned to the club on Wednesday after flying to Adelaide to be with his sister who is seriously ill in hospital after an accident playing football at the weekend.

Varcoe's 27-year-old sister collided with a teammate and an opponent during the grand final between her team, Angle Vale Football Club, and Mount Lofty on Sunday.

Varcoe immediately flew to Adelaide to be with his family but on Wednesday flew back to Melbourne to train. He spoke with his teammates at training about what had happened.

"Obviously it's a really difficult time for Trav and his family. He spoke about how he's got his family, his two kids and his wife Kim as well, but he also mentioned that he also feels comfortable and wanted to be around his other family and that's us at the footy club," vice captain Steele Sidebottom said.

"Wherever Trav needs to be – whether that's at the club or with his family – we can support him in that way. It's obviously a terrible situation to be in, but we get around Trav as much as we can."