{"id":295764,"date":"2023-10-31T13:23:55","date_gmt":"2023-10-31T13:23:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sports-life-news.com\/?p=295764"},"modified":"2023-10-31T13:23:55","modified_gmt":"2023-10-31T13:23:55","slug":"england-star-jonny-may-announces-his-retirement","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sports-life-news.com\/rugby-union\/england-star-jonny-may-announces-his-retirement\/","title":{"rendered":"England star Jonny May announces his retirement"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>BREAKING NEWS: England star Jonny May announces his retirement from Test rugby at the age of 33 &#8211; just 10 days after World Cup semi-final defeat by South Africa<\/h1>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>May said that it had been a &#8216;dream and an honour&#8217; to play for England<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>The Gloucester player is second on England&#8217;s all-time try-scoring list with 36\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Latest Rugby World Cup 2023 news, including fixtures, live scores and results<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>England wing Jonny May has announced his retirement from Test rugby.<\/p>\n<p>The 33-year-old Gloucester player made his debut against Argentina in 2013 and scored 36 tries in 78 international appearances.<\/p>\n<p>He sits second behind Rory Underwood (49) on his country&#8217;s list of all-time leading try scorers.<\/p>\n<p>May&#8217;s final Test outing came in England&#8217;s 16-15 Rugby World Cup semi-final loss to eventual winners South Africa on October 21.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;Words can&#8217;t describe the journey that I&#8217;ve been on so I won&#8217;t try to put it into words,&#8217; he said in a statement.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/10\/31\/12\/77220501-12693047-image-a-29_1698755903076.jpg\" height=\"400\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Jonny May has announced his retirement from Test rugby at the age of 33<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/10\/31\/12\/77220803-12693047-image-a-40_1698756320664.jpg\" height=\"423\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>May&#8217;s last appearance for England came in the World Cup semi-final defeat by South Africa<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;At this point in time all I want to say from the bottom of my heart is a huge thank you to everybody who has been a part of this journey with me.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;It&#8217;s an honour and a dream to represent my country and although I won&#8217;t be out there on the pitch anymore physically, I will always feel connected to this team in spirit.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>May was initially overlooked for Steve Borthwick&#8217;s squad for France, but was granted a reprieve when Anthony Watson sustained a calf injury in August.<\/p>\n<p>He was also part of the England team which finished runners-up to the Springboks at the 2019 World Cup in Japan.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;A big special mention to my England team-mates, guys who have lived every moment with me,&#8217; he continued.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;I&#8217;ve made memories and friends for life. And quickly, just to mention one in particular, George Ford. Thank you mate.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;Another special thank you &#8211; a huge thank you &#8211; to the England fans. The ones at Twickenham, the ones who have made all this come to life for me. It&#8217;s been incredible.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/10\/31\/13\/77221405-12693047-image-a-41_1698757307665.jpg\" height=\"440\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>May is England&#8217;s second highest try-scorer of all time with 36 in 78 international appearances<\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/sport\/rugbyunion\/article-12693047\/England-star-Jonny-announces-retirement-Test-rugby-age-33-just-10-days-World-Cup-semi-final-defeat-South-Africa.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>BREAKING NEWS: England star Jonny May announces his retirement from Test rugby at the age of 33 &#8211; just 10 days after World Cup semi-final defeat by South Africa May said that it had been a &#8216;dream and an honour&#8217; to play&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":295763,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>England star Jonny May announces his retirement - Sports-Life-News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/sports-life-news.com\/rugby-union\/england-star-jonny-may-announces-his-retirement\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"England star Jonny May announces his retirement - Sports-Life-News\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"BREAKING NEWS: England star Jonny May announces his retirement from Test rugby at the age of 33 &#8211; 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