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England star Jonny May faced post-RWC court summons

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Jonny May was brought back down to earth after England’s march to the World Cup final by a court summons and a drubbing at Northampton.

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The Leicester wing admits he endured a difficult period of readjustment after two months in Japan which ended in a 32-12 defeat by South Africa in the climax to an otherwise superb tournament.

“You go home and you have got to cook your breakfast and do your washing. You have God knows how many letters from the council tax office and a summons to court,” May said.

“I am not going to court any time soon. That was one of the priority ones. You have to call them up. It’s difficult. It’s like, ‘Oh cheers, welcome back’.

“Things accumulate and life goes on and it does take a bit of time to get things back in order.

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“You tick one job off your list and it creates two more. You will never get to the bottom of your to-do list.”

When asked if he thought Leicester County Council should have relaxed its deadline for payment because he was playing for England at a World Cup, May said: “No! I am just a number, whatever my reference number was. One of lots of numbers!”

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The return to normality hit hardest several weeks after his return, however, as Leicester were overwhelmed 36-13 by East Midlands rivals Northampton.

 

“It doesn’t help when you go away to Saints and get absolutely pounded. Rugby will bring you back down to earth,” said May, whose only time off post-Japan has been four days spent in Dubai with his wife.

“We went out there and it was like, ‘Jesus we have not got to where we need to’. It was a tough block of games because we had worked incredibly hard.

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“It was not back to the drawing board, but we needed to get something out of the next block of games and we did, we turned it around a bit.”

– Press Association

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Scotland's Gregor Townsend confirms Tom Jordan Glasgow exit

NZ lost a great player there. Played brilliantly for Glasgow and against SA was the best player on the pitch. Caused the Boks some headaches. Slot him into the current AB's team, and they would be very dangerous, especially broken play.


However, the Scots isn't stupid and their recruiting from the SH countries is starting to pay off. They don't have the player pool the SH countries have, nor that of their neighbours even.


I applaud them for being so open-minded as giving those players who have loyally played their rugby in Scotland for years a chance. SA for one have such a vast pool of players that's so talented and could be world class given the smallest chance, but will never get a look in because there is just so many stars in the country.


I don't mind that Saffas play for other countries to further their own careers. Besides, it makes Scotland better and makes for one more team to step up to the big stage and make rugby more exciting than just the top 4 that usually wins.


Scotland may have lost by 17 against a rusty Bok "B" team, but that score is not a true indication of that match. The Scottish biggest mistakes was kicking at goal the entire time, instead of going for the jugular. If they tried to go for tries, they may have been stopped and the score might have been bigger, but the game was on such a knife edge, that if they did go for it, they might have scored a couple of tries or more and we very well might have seen a Scottish upset.


It was by no means a bad effort at all. Tom Jordan is one of their best new talents coming through. He should've stayed with Glasgow. What a loss for the URC Champs. Going to Loftus and getting one over the Bulls is something that not even the so called best team in club rugby could do. Leinster keeps losing at Loftus. For Glasgow to do that in a Final was phenomenal and Tom Jordan was no small part of that feat.


Rugby is truely becoming a global sport now, where the eligibility rules is making rugby a much smaller world, but a much bigger global game. The Scots is most likely the team with the most aliens in their team. They welcome players with open arms. I applaud that. They are a sleeping giant, and if they continue playing like they did against the Boks, despite the results, they will become a real threat for 2027.


I admired how they played. They impressed everyone. I say good on them. Results will come if they continue on their upward trajectory. I wish them and Tom Jordan all the luck they deserve.

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