 On 3 July, two days prior to Adelaide's then-scheduled round 14 match against , coach Phil Walsh was stabbed to death by his son at the age of 55 in his Somerton Park home.His son Cy Walsh would later be found not guilty due to mental incompetence and placed under a lifetime psychiatric supervision licence, ordering that he be detained indefinitely in a secure psychiatric facility.The tragedy was followed by an outpouring of sympathy and tributes from the club's fans and the wider AFL community.