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Adelaide Crows captain Taylor Walker has described “a pretty numb feeling” at the club as players try to come to terms with the stabbing death of coach Phil Walsh.
Adelaide’s home match on Sunday against Geelong has been abandoned but chairman Rob Chapman says the club will travel to play West Coast in Perth next weekend.
Walsh’s son, Cy Jacob Walsh, 26, has been moved to James Nash House, a secure mental facility, as police piece together the final moments of his father’s life.
A taxi driver who may have seen Cy Walsh around the time of the death has come forward and spoken to police.
They believe Walsh and his son argued in the early hours of Friday at their beachside Adelaide home in Somerton Park.
Cy Walsh is charged with the murder of the 55-year-old AFL career coach.
His mother Meredith, who sustained leg injuries, was discharged from hospital on Saturday morning.
Cy Walsh entered no plea at a bedside court hearing in the Flinders Medical Centre on Friday and will remain in custody until a September 15 court date.
Chapman said the Crows will probably appoint an interim senior coach on Sunday.
“It’s impossible to go external so people within the club will step up,” he told ABC radio.
“Everyone is going to have to take on big responsibilities.”
Crows captain Walker, on a club-issued video, described players as stunned.
“It’s a pretty numb feeling at the moment … when you lose your head honcho, it hits you pretty hard,” he said.
Walker, teammates and Crows hierarchy were bunkered at their West Lakes headquarters on Saturday for further emergency meetings.
“It’s not something you can plan for,” Crows chief executive Andrew Fagan told reporters outside the club.
Players started arriving at 8am, passing a makeshift shrine to Walsh at the door to the club where fans had laid hundreds of flowers, cards, football jumpers, scarves and beanies.
“We wanted to make sure everyone was OK and remind them of the support services that are available,” Fagan said.
The AFL is staging other matches this weekend and Fagan said the Crows were touched by Friday night’s tribute to Walsh by Collingwood and Hawthorn after their MCG game.
“It has been overwhelming,” he said.
Police spent Saturday collecting potential evidence at the Walsh house, refusing to comment on reports that the drug ice might have been a factor in the killing.
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