Audit reveals 2023 RWC Flying Fijians squad were all paid $113,500 each

All members of the Fiji Water Flying Fijians squad for the Rugby World Cup in France have been paid $113,500 each, and the final payments went to the players on the 23rd of October, 2023.

This was confirmed by Rugby House after the completion of the audit by I. Naiveli & Co Chartered Accountants which was also provided to fijivillage News.

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Fiji Rugby Interim Chair Peter Mazey says overall, the delay in the processing of payments was largely attributed to regulatory procedures with the banks, and the Fiji Revenue and Customs Service, and provision of erroneous or incomplete bank details by the players.

Any delays in payments were between 3 working days to a week.

Mazey says after reviewing the responses from the players, they concur that the issues lay with the misinterpretation of how their payments were processed into their respective bank accounts.