Former Ottawa Beaver joins Team Canada for tour including All Blacks

Ottawa’s Eric Howard joined Canada’s men’s rugby team for a series of November games that included a matchup against the world’s best rugby team, the Maori All Blacks. Canada lost to the All Blacks 51-9 in front of almost 30,000 fans at BC Place Stadium in Vancouver. Howard, 24, formerly of the Ottawa Beavers, also joined Canada for games against Georgia, Spain, and Fiji, as part of the 2017 Autumn Internationals.