Former Leicester Tigers and Fiji rugby player dies aged 37

Former Leicester and Fiji centre Seru Rabeni Credit: David Davies/PA Wire/Press Association Images

Former Leicester Tigers rugby player Seru Rabeni has died aged 37.

It is being reported that he passed away at his home in Fiji yesterday.

Tributes have poured in from the club's players past and present.

The Tigers announced on their Twitter page that they will hold a minute's applause in his memory before kick-off against Saracens on Sunday.

  • Rabeni made 63 Premiership appearances for the Tigers between 2004 and 2009

  • He racked up 18 tries

  • He was part of the sides that won the Premiership title in 2006/07 and 2008/09