after a failure to address concerns over administration and governance with immediate effect.
Last year the IRB committed £1.1 million in direct funding to Fiji, as well as significant financial assistance to participate in international tournaments in 2013. Earlier this week it was revealed that Sevens coach Ben Ryan is yet to be paid by the Fiji Rugby Union.
In a statement the IRB stated its belief that the current financial model is "unsustainable" and could impact on 'key IRB-funded development and high performance programmes'. Last May the IRB conducted a Major Union Review after the FRU requested emergency financial assistance.
The funding will remain suspended until the union adopts key financial reporting, administration and governance reforms.
An IRB statement said: "The decision was reluctantly made after the Union failed to implement recommended measures to provide assurances to the IRB that it was appropriately moving to address significant concerns regarding the administration and governance of the Union.
"The recommendations arose from an IRB Major Union Review which was conducted after the Union requested emergency financial assistance in May last year.
"The IRB remains committed to Rugby in Fiji and the performance of the men's and women's national Fifteens and Sevens teams and will work closely with FORU and the FRU to ensure that all administration and governance reforms are delivered and funding is reinstated."
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Looks like the Fijian coach has'nt been paid for some time and there is a chance that there could a Fijian no show at the World Series if issues are'nt resolved soon.
(Reuters) - The Fiji Rugby Union (FRU) blamed its previous management on Sunday for the administrative mess that prompted the game's global governing body to suspend all direct financial support to the pacific island nation.
The International Rugby Board (IRB) on Saturday announced it had "reluctantly" taken the decision after the FRU failed to assure it was appropriately moving to address "significant concerns regarding the administration and governance of the Union."
The sanction followed an IRB review of Fiji's request for emergency financial assistance in May last year.
The governing body said they committed $1.81 million (£1.1 million) to Fiji in 2013 as well as "significant additional financial assistance" to participate in international tournaments in the same year.
"The IRB ... will work closely with FORU (Federation of Oceania Rugby Unions) and the FRU to ensure that all administration and governance reforms are delivered and funding is reinstated," it added.
The FRU said they were not to blame for the imbroglio.
"All these issues were inherited by this current FRU board and the board expects to clear up all these issues by end of May 2014," it said in a statement.
