The cash-strapped Samoa Rugby Union (S.R.U) has been asked to pay an outstanding of “more than a million” tala to a company that has been supplying uniforms for the national teams – including Manu Samoa.
The exact amount owed to B.L.K Sportswear in Australia could not be ascertained.But Treasurer and Board member of the Samoa Rugby Union, Tamaleta Taimang Jensen, confirmed the demand for payment from the Australia–based company.
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“The S.R.U. is reconciling the amount to see if this is the exact amount that we owe to them,” Tamaleta said.
He added that the amount owed to B.L.K dates back to 2012.
Although the S.R.U. has been making payments, he said it hasn’t been meeting the requirements according to the agreement with B.L.K.
“B.L.K has asked that we now pay the full amount but we have to reconcile our accounts first before there is any settlement”.
“After reconciliation, then the Samoa Rugby Union will pay the money”. Asked how much the outstanding is, Tamaleta said: “I think it is more than one million. After the reconciliation of the accounts, then the S.R.U. will look into paying it”.
When the payment will be made, Tamaleta did not say.
The one thing he is certain about is that the S.R.U would not be able to pay the full amount in one go.
“The S.R.U. simply doesn’t have that amount of money now,” he said. Attempts to get comments from B.L.K. were unsuccessful. B.L.K supplies cutting edge, high performance player tested apparel for thousands of teams globally. The W.R.S. Group is the owner of the innovative sportswear brands B.L.K and KooGa.
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