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![Gabriella Johns: “I play on the Hofstra women’s rugby team. It’s really cool because not a lot of people play. It’s just starting to come to America, so it’s really interesting. People think it’s really dangerous but it’s actually really fun. It’s like an adrenaline rush. I’m getting tackled by girls that are like 200 pounds and I’m only 140 pounds, but it’s really, really fun. It’s a great community. Especially when I did it as a freshman, meeting so many different people from different backgrounds and coming together for this one sport that nobody’s ever played before. The team is really cool, sometimes we travel upstate and we stay at hotels. It’s really good team bonding, especially if you’re athletic and you don’t know where you really fit in, it’s a really good place to get to know people. I do it because I’m a runner. I ran track in high school, I was third in the state. Basically my job in rugby is like a wide receiver. I literally catch the ball and run; I have no other job. It’s rare that I tackle people. I do tackle people, but not often. I do [rugby] because I love to run, it’s a way for me to keep in shape and I hate going to the gym so I always try to make myself do sports.”](https://thehofstrachronicle.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/IMG_9020.jpg)
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The Humans of Hofstra: October 11, 2016
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