Newshub have reported that Tonga Men's Sevens captain Atelea Okati has died following a car accident on December 28.
Okati last played club rugby in Romania with CSM Olympia Bucharest where the team finished third in the 2015 Super CEC Bank season.
He played for CSM Olimpia Bucharest before leaving in July this year.
"When death strikes a team, there is no game plan for the pain," CSM Olimpia Bucharest Danie de Villiers said in a statement.
"Coaches like to believe that they can prepare for anything. Tricks, injury, extreme weather, know how to react in all circumstances.
