Terrell Davis May (born 29 April 1999) is a Samoa international rugby league footballer who plays as a forward for the Wests Tigers in the National Rugby League.
Background
May was born in
Blacktown, New South Wales and played his junior rugby league for the
Minchinbury Jets in the Penrith District Rugby League.
May's brothers Tyrone May and Taylan May are also professional rugby league players.
He is of Samoans and Australians of European descent.
Career
2022
May made his first grade debut for the
Sydney Roosters against the
Penrith Panthers in round 11 of the 2022 NRL season, in a 32–12 loss.
2023
May played 17 matches for the Sydney Roosters in the 2023 NRL season as the club finished 7th on the table and qualified for the finals. May played in both of the clubs finals games as they were eliminated in the second week against Melbourne.
On 24 September, May played for North Sydney in their 2023 NSW Cup grand final loss against South Sydney.
2024
In round 9 of the 2024 NRL season, May scored two tries in the Sydney Roosters 40-18 victory over
Brisbane Broncos.
On 21 May, the Sydney Roosters hit back at claims that May had been taking illegal substances on a live stream along with fellow players Brandon Smith,
Zach Dockar-Clay,
Naufahu Whyte and
Spencer Leniu. The club released a statement which read “The Sydney Roosters have been made aware of a small clip from a longer live stream that some on social media have claimed identifies behaviour that breaches NRL rules. “The clip reveals no use of illicit substances or any other breach of NRL rules, however some see fit to make that grossly distorted and clearly damaging claim".
May played 27 matches for the Sydney Roosters in the 2024 NRL season. May played in all three finals games for the club as they were eliminated at the preliminary final stage against Melbourne.
On 31 October, it was reported that the Sydney Roosters had informed May he was free to negotiate with other clubs.
May denied the release had anything do with any off field issues, the Sydney Roosters had decided they needed to move in another direction after a end of season review into club culture.
On 18 November, it was announced that May had secured a release from the Roosters and had signed a three-year deal with the
Wests Tigers.
2025
May made his club debut for the Wests Tigers in round 1 of the 2025 NRL season against Newcastle. On 18 May, May caused controversy after appearing on a Twitch livestream where he confirmed he would not be picked for New South Wales ahead of game one in the 2025 State of Origin series. May said on the livestream "You know that Blues jersey I bought you? Chuck it in the bin". He would then go on to say "Nah, it's not the media. How do you think it got leaked? You think they're not just playing Chinese whispers?". May also jokingly said that he might have to switch allegiances to Queensland in order to be picked which was slammed by former New South Wales head coach
Brad Fittler.
At the time, May was leading the competition in offloads, in third place of the
Dally M leaderboard, and "widely regarded as the second-best prop in the game behind
Payne Haas".
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