RUGBY icon Setefano ‘Sete’ Cakau is fighting for his life in hospital after collapsing last week.
The Fiji star suffered a suspected heart attack while in the South Darwin Rugby Union Football Club clubhouse on Friday.
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His team-mates and the club president Tauraa Exham performed CPR for 15 minutes.
Emergency services then arrived on the scene and Cakau was resuscitated and stabilised.
He remains in critical care but has reportedly shown signs of improvement in recent days.
A GoFundMe page set up to support Cakau has raised £15,000 and he has received well wishes from the rugby community and the Darwin club president.
Exham said: “He better recover quickly!
“We’ve been working with some of the most remote communities in Australia to bring their kids coaching clinics, and he still has work to do!!”
Exham also set up the GoFundMe and wrote on the fundraising page: “Sete has given so much to rugby and his community – now it’s our turn to give back. Let’s come together to support him and his family in this critical time.
“Donations will ensure Sete’s wife and children can focus on supporting him through his recovery, without worrying about the financial burdens that come with such an unexpected crisis.”
Cakau, 46, played for Fiji Rugby Sevens between 2003 and 2008 and took part in the IRB Sevens World Series in 2003 and from 2006-08.
He also went to the Paris Olympics last year as part of the Fiji Rugby Sevens coaching team.
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