Maramas Talk

22/10/2026

Do you remember Sera Dakuitoga?

The Cakaudrove defender who wore the Fiji Pearls dress with pride is making history again!

Sera Dakuitoga Gavidi has been named in the Netball France Équipe Nationale Open for the 2026/2027 season, making her the FIRST Fijian ever to represent Les Bleus in netball! 🎉👏🏾

Look back at what she achieved for Fiji:
🌟 2010: Called into the national squad as a young defender, training next to her own heroes, Pearls greats Mere Rabuka and Matila Waqanidrola
🏆 2014: Part of the Pearls side that went unbeaten to retain the Pacific Netball Series title in the Cook Islands, booking Fiji's place at the World Cup
🌏 2015: Represented Fiji at the Netball World Cup in Sydney
✈️ 2015: Played at the Nations Cup in Singapore with the Singapore Invitation side

Sport runs in the family. Sera is the niece of Fiji Bati legend Jo Rabele Dakuitoga.

Today she calls France home with her rugby-playing husband, and she's still chasing her dream at the highest level. From the Pearls to Les Bleus: proof that our Pacific women never stop. 🌺

Vinaka vakalevu, Sera, for flying our flag on a new stage. Every Fijian in France is behind you! 🙌🏾

Drop a 🇫🇯 to congratulate her!

02/10/2026

If you’re a Pacific rugby player / partner / family in France, you need to know Susana, who is the Personal Development Manager in France for Pacific Rugby Players Association. Read the article below to know more. Her job is to provide you with the best help and support she can while you are here in France.
To families back home in Fiji, Tonga or Samoa and you have your young ones here in France or about to come over, reach out to Susana if you feel like your child needs help.
Don’t be shy and reach out to her when you need. You can easily find her at Pacific Rugby Players - France & UK

Vinzka valevu Women Speak French

02/10/2026

I’m really happy to introduce you to Susana today. ❤️

And if you’re a Pacific player or family living in France, you may already know her.

But if you don’t, save this post.

Susana is Fijian 🇫🇯, a mum of five, and has lived in France since 2010. She came here through her husband’s rugby, moved around France with his contracts and had to figure out life here too.

So yep… she gets it.

Today, through the Pacific Rugby Players Association, she supports Fijian, Samoan and Tongan players and their families in France.

Paperwork you don’t understand?
Questions about visas or healthcare?
Something doesn’t feel right with a contract?
Your family needs support?
Or you simply have no idea who to ask?

Reach out to Susana.

She listens, helps you work out what to do next and connects you with the right people.

And if she doesn’t have the answer? She’ll try to find it.

She also runs Maramas Talk, a community for Pacific women in France.

📱 WhatsApp: 06 45 30 55 91
📧 [email protected]
📘 Facebook: PDM France — Pacific Rugby Players

And if you have Pacific players or families at your club, pass this on.

Sometimes helping is simply saying:
“Hey, I know someone you can ask.”

Sharing is helping. 🏉❤️

18/09/2026

Meet Faustine, founder of Women Speak French, a certified french teacher by profession that provides French classes to rugby players and their partners. Faustine is also a rugby wife that understands the life of a rugby family in France.
In this talanoa we talk about her French school and the importance of learning French when you move to France.
Please go follow her page and reach out to her if you would like to join her French classes.
She is organising a free French class on zoom next Monday. We will post up the details on our story, so watch out for that space.
It was a real pleasure having you Faustine.

13/09/2026

Another golden nugget from Fijian In The UK. And we look forward to it every time. For all our women that are trying to build a career in Europe, this podcast series is for you. 💜

13/09/2026

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SPEAKING FRENCH 🇫🇷 | Live Talanoa

Moving to France for rugby is one thing…
Building a life here is another.

Next Thursday, we’re sitting down with Faustine, founder of Women Speak French, for a real conversation about what it’s actually like behind the scenes of rugby life.

Faustine is a rugby partner, mum of two boys, and French teacher who understands the reality:
new clubs, new cities, new routines… and trying to find your place in all of it.
If you’re curious, she has taught are rugby players and partners.

Through Women Speak French, she helps women go from
“I hope I can manage…” → to → “I’ve got this in French.”

Not only classroom French.
Real-life French.
The kind you use to:
✔️ speak up
✔️ handle everyday situations
✔️ feel independent
✔️ truly belong

Like she said “Because yes, you may have moved here for rugby…
but the life you build here is yours too”.

🗓 Thursday 17th September 2026
🕘 9PM (French time)
📍 LIVE on Facebook – Maramas Talk

We’ll be talking about:
• navigating life in France as a rugby partner
• finding your voice in a new language
• building confidence & community
• real experiences, real stories

Come join the talanoa 🤍
Ask questions, share your experience, or just listen in.

See you there 🙌🏾

11/09/2026

SPEAKING FRENCH 🇫🇷 | Live Talanoa

Moving to France for rugby is one thing…
Building a life here is another.

Next Thursday, we’re sitting down with Faustine, founder of Women Speak French, for a real conversation about what it’s actually like behind the scenes of rugby life.

Faustine is a rugby partner, mum of two boys, and French teacher who understands the reality:
new clubs, new cities, new routines… and trying to find your place in all of it.
If you’re curious, she has taught are rugby players and partners.

Through Women Speak French, she helps women go from
“I hope I can manage…” → to → “I’ve got this in French.”

Not only classroom French.
Real-life French.
The kind you use to:
✔️ speak up
✔️ handle everyday situations
✔️ feel independent
✔️ truly belong

Like she said “Because yes, you may have moved here for rugby…
but the life you build here is yours too”.

🗓 Thursday 17th September 2026
🕘 9PM (French time)
📍 LIVE on Facebook – Maramas Talk

We’ll be talking about:
• navigating life in France as a rugby partner
• finding your voice in a new language
• building confidence & community
• real experiences, real stories

Come join the talanoa 🤍
Ask questions, share your experience, or just listen in.

See you there 🙌🏾

26/07/2026

Please share this to your friends and family that live near Bordeaux and around.

Les services de l'Etat en Gironde Les services de l'État en Gironde

18/07/2026

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07/07/2026

Geneva 🇫🇯 — a meeting worth sharing.

Last week, Susana sat down with H.E. Laitia Tamata, Fiji’s Permanent Representative to the UN in Geneva, wearing two hats: founder & host of Maramas Talk, and PDM France/UK for Pacific Rugby Players.

She said, “What stayed with me most wasn’t the title on his door — it was how down to earth he was. “This is your mission, we are here to serve,” he kept saying. Small words. Huge shift. That’s what real service looks like — a man who listens first, who wants your ideas, not just to hand you his.

Susana also had the chance to sit with the famous , Mr. Sivaniolo Naisua Ratoto, Second Secretary — “I could listened to him for days. The way he explained multilateral and bilateral affairs was so simple and interesting, and he was just as warm and friendly”, she added. 😊

And a special mention for the woman who encouraged this meeting — a fellow ex-rugby wife, now serving as the Executive Assistant to HE Tamata. We are so very proud of the work she’s doing and the path she’s built for herself. This is what our women can do.
Wishing you but the best Mrs Ruci Sovatabua.

Vinaka vakalevu to the whole team for their warm reception: Ms. Keleni Seruvatu (Deputy Permanent Representative), Mr. Wilisoni B. Jiuta (First Secretary), Mr Yousuf Qurashi
Advisor and Administrator and to
Mr. Ismail Maxamed (Chauffeur).

“Strong communities are not huilt by chance. They are woven together”. Susana

More to come. 🌊

Fiji Mission Geneva Pacific Rugby Players - France & UK