Not Lindsey and Hannah Mulligan.

“We played other sports growing up, but there was something about rugby … the camaraderie, the aggressiveness, the skill level, the brute force … that drew us in,” Lindsey Mulligan said. “Yes, rugby has a reputation as a high-injury sport, but we fell in love with it because you meet the nicest people, because it’s the most fun I’ve ever had.

“And it was a pathway to college.”

Hannah and sister Lindsey played at La Jolla Country Day and Canyon Crest Academy, respectively.

They now play together at Princeton for a program that is still in its infancy. Hannah is a junior back-row player and Lindsey a sophomore center.

College rugby isn’t an NCAA sport. About 40 colleges play in the National Intercollegiate Rugby Association, whose goal is to attain NCAA

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