As concerns for Collingwood star Bobby Hill escalate, his former partner — and mother of his two children — has been attacked by trolls.

Georgia Devlin and Hill have reportedly separated and it has been suggested Devlin and the two children are now in Western Australia.

Now, Devlin has responded to a racist attack, that made mention of her personal situation, her family, and her ethnicity and Hill’s.

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“Let’s make one thing clear, my kids nationality has never and will never be the cause of any issues in anyone’s life,” Devlin said on Instagram.

“How dare someone speak on innocent kids this way. It’s beyond disgusting.”

Hill, the 2023 Norm Smith medallist, has played just one game at AFL level since Round 15.

After a five-week absence, he made his return against Brisbane in Round 21, but was out again the following week, with the club citing illness as the reason.

It now appears he won’t play again this season.

On Wednesday, coach Craig McRae said he had dinner with Hill the previous night as he keeps tabs on the small forward’s welfare.

Hill asked his coach to leave the door ajar for a possible return to action in September, but appears an unlikely finals participant.

“There’s high performance and there’s love and care, and I’ve just sort of left the high performance for now and I’m just making sure the young lad’s OK,” McRae said.

“Time’s running out in the season and maybe the high performance might be a bit far at the moment, but we’ll just take that off the table for now.

“Hopefully he can get back in the club and be happy, and then we’ll see where we go from there.”

McRae specifically asked Hill how he should answer inevitable questions about whether he will play again at AFL level this season.

“He goes, ‘Please just leave a little bit of hope there for me’,” McRae said.

“But he’s well aware that time’s running out for getting enough load and then to be available.

“I stepped straight back into love and care and said, ‘Nah, let’s just get him right day by day’.”

Hill did not travel with Collingwood for last weekend’s Saturday night clash against Adelaide.

But veteran AFL journalist Caroline Wilson revealed on Channel 7’s The Agenda Setters that he had been planning to make the trip to SA.

“I think Bobby Hill was planning to go to Adelaide, I can’t tell you exactly what happened that stopped him from going to Adelaide,” she told The Agenda Setters.

“I do know that his family is really worried about him, his friends are really worried about him.

“Now, we know he had a marriage issue. And then it became about about his fitness.”

Wilson said St Kilda veteran Bradley Hill, who is Bobby’s cousin, tried to reach out and help, but it has resulted in a falling out between the two sections of the family.

“One person he’s always been really close to is his cousin, Brad Hill; I understand there’s been a falling out there between the two families. Partly, I think, because Brad Hill attempted to perform some form of intervention, and actually reached out to the Collingwood Football Club, he was so worried about his cousin,” she said.

“I don’t think that went down too well with Bobby Hill.

“And I think that there’s been days where he’s just been uncontactable by anyone. Days leading to even a week at some point.

“I mean, talk about fitness, talk about family and the personal issues, but I think it’s getting a bit more serious than that, and I think people are really worried about Bobby Hill’s welfare.

“Taking the football aside, because Collingwood badly need him and they need him playing well, this is far more serious than that now and I hope the right people are intervening.

“I’m not blaming Collingwood for this but it’s a bit of a disaster, both football and personal-wise.”

Craig Hutchison added: “Life is far bigger than footy in these situations.

- With AAP