7 Feb 2018

Sport: Fiji Bati players still waiting for World Cup payments

From , 6:03 am on 7 February 2018

Fiji National Rugby League admits players are yet to be paid their share of prize-money from last year's World Cup.

The Bati reached the semi finals of last year's tournament in Australia and New Zealand and produced one of the great World Cup performances to beat the Kiwis in their own backyard, their first ever victory over a tier one nation.

That earned the team $AU100,000 to be shared among the players but three months on they're still waiting.

Fiji NRL Chief Executive Timoci Naleba told Vinnie Wylie they are urgently trying to resolve the matter.

Fiji have had plenty to smile about so far at the World Cup.

The Bati reached the semi finals of last year's World Cup tournament in Australia and New Zealand Photo: NRL Photos