Players and officials from NRL club Wests Tigers are shocked and devastated by the death of promising prop Mosese Fotuaika on Thursday.

Fotuaika, called Moses by his teammates, was a member of the Tigers 2012 premiership winning under 20s team and had been promoted to the club's NRL squad for this eason.

Wests Tigers captain Robbie Farah said the playing group were shattered by what has happened.

“Mosese had a great future ahead of him and we will miss him dearly.