Aaron Abrams, class of '98 has now played for the Canadian National Men's Rugby team 18 times since he started in 2003 and is the leading hooker in Canada. Currently he lives and works in Victoria, B.C. but he keeps his ties with Erindale. The football team would like to thank the Alumni for their donation of team raincoats for the inclement weather and the rugby team appreciates the donation of the cleat cleaner and team socks!

Aaron and his class of '98 have contined to sponsor a scholarship at Commencement. Anyone from that year who is interested in contributing can contact Aaron by email at aabrams@rugbycanada.ca.


Brooke Hilditch (fullback) was named for the National Senior Women's team to play at the 2004 Churchill Cup in Vancouver at UBC Thunderbird Stadium June 8th. She is working/schooling at McMaster and taking her masters in Biomedicine. Her thesis in on Hardening of the Arteries.
Brooke had a 6 day trip to Vancouver Island trying out the Canadian Ladies Rugby Team at the Shawnigan Lake School (www.sls.bc.ca). She returned to work for 2 days and then went on to England on Tuesday May 11th to play Rugby for the Ontario Rugby Team. On May 14th, she discovered that she made the Canadian Rugby team. Brooke flys to Vancouver on June 3rd to start with the Canadian team. Then she goes to Calgary for the start of the tournament on June 12 and completes the tourney in Edmonton June 19th. (www.churchillcuprugby.com). In the fall of 2004, she will play with Canadian University 7’s team in China.
She is coaching the Lorne Park High School Girls Rugby Team. Their record is 2 win, 2 ties, 1 loss. However, they didn’t have a team last year and they hadn’t won a game in 3 years.

Aaron Abrams (hooker) has been named to the Men's National Team also for the Churchill Cup. In addition, Aaron leaves May 22nd to play on the Men's National Team in Japan for the international tournament next week. For more details see Rugby Canada.