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Jonny May⁠

Wing Jonny May, born in Swindon on 1 April 1990, made his England debut against Argentina on 15 June 2013. His 36 tries rank second on England's all-time list, behind only Rory Underwood's 49, and his 78 caps place him joint 17th among England's most-capped players.

May was selected for three Rugby World Cups. England went out at the pool stage in 2015, finished runners-up in 2019 and took third place in 2023.
Caps78
England careerDebut 2013

England legacy

No.2 on England's all-time tries list

Player file

At a glance

Major tournaments

2015 Rugby World Cup2019 Rugby World Cup2023 Rugby World Cup

Every England try

Jonny May's tries

2014 – 2021

Tries35In our match records
Matches scored in27Of 78 caps
Hat-tricks1Three or more in a match
Opponents11Different nations scored against

Season by season

Tries by year

Jonny May's England tries by year
YearTries
20143
20153
20162
20172
20188
20199
20204
20214

Favourite opponents

Most tries against

  1. France 7
  2. Ireland 6
  3. Australia 4
  4. South Africa 4
  5. Argentina 3
  6. Wales 3
  7. Tonga 2
  8. Italy 2
First England try
v New Zealand, 8 November 2014 · Test matches · Test match
Latest
v Tonga, 6 November 2021 · Test matches · 2021 Autumn International
Latest matches in which Jonny May scored for England, newest first
No.DateMatchCompetitionTries
34–35 6 Nov 2021 England 69–3 TongaTest matches · 2021 Autumn International Test matches · 2021 Autumn International 28', 60'
33 20 Mar 2021 Ireland 32–18 EnglandSix Nations Championship Six Nations Championship 79'
32 13 Feb 2021 England 41–18 ItalySix Nations Championship Six Nations Championship 41'
30–31 21 Nov 2020 England 18–7 IrelandTest matches · Autumn Nations Cup Test matches · Autumn Nations Cup 16', 20'
28–29 2 Feb 2020 France 24–17 EnglandSix Nations Championship Six Nations Championship 56', 64'
26–27 19 Oct 2019 Australia 16–40 EnglandRugby World Cup Rugby World Cup 17', 20'
25 5 Oct 2019 Argentina 10–39 EnglandRugby World Cup Rugby World Cup 8'
24 16 Mar 2019 England 38–38 ScotlandSix Nations Championship Six Nations Championship 28'
23 9 Mar 2019 England 57–14 ItalySix Nations Championship Six Nations Championship 14'
20–22 10 Feb 2019 England 44–8 FranceSix Nations Championship Six Nations Championship Hat-trick 2', 24', 29'
19 2 Feb 2019 Ireland 20–32 EnglandSix Nations Championship Six Nations Championship 1'
18 24 Nov 2018 England 37–18 AustraliaTest matches · Test match Test matches · Test match 2'
Show all 27 matches
Earlier matches in which Jonny May scored for England
No.DateMatchCompetitionTries
17 23 Jun 2018 South Africa 10–25 EnglandTest matches · 2018 England rugby union tour of South Africa Test matches · 2018 England rugby union tour of South Africa 71'
16 16 Jun 2018 South Africa 23–12 EnglandTest matches · 2018 England rugby union tour of South Africa Test matches · 2018 England rugby union tour of South Africa 12'
15 9 Jun 2018 South Africa 42–39 EnglandTest matches · 2018 England rugby union tour of South Africa Test matches · 2018 England rugby union tour of South Africa 78'
14 17 Mar 2018 England 15–24 IrelandSix Nations Championship Six Nations Championship 81'
13 10 Mar 2018 France 22–16 EnglandSix Nations Championship Six Nations Championship 73'
11–12 10 Feb 2018 England 12–6 WalesSix Nations Championship Six Nations Championship 3', 20'
10 18 Nov 2017 England 30–6 AustraliaTest matches · Test match Test matches · Test match 79'
9 10 Jun 2017 Argentina 34–38 EnglandTest matches · 2017 England rugby union tour of Argentina Test matches · 2017 England rugby union tour of Argentina 47'
8 26 Nov 2016 England 27–14 ArgentinaTest matches · Test match Test matches · Test match 68'
7 12 Nov 2016 England 37–21 South AfricaTest matches · Test match Test matches · Test match 10'
6 26 Sep 2015 England 25–28 WalesRugby World Cup Rugby World Cup 26'
5 5 Sep 2015 England 21–13 IrelandTest matches · Test Match Test matches · Test Match 2'
4 15 Aug 2015 England 19–14 FranceTest matches · Test Match Test matches · Test Match 46'
2–3 22 Nov 2014 England 28–9 SamoaTest matches · Test match Test matches · Test match 20', 53'
1 8 Nov 2014 England 21–24 New ZealandTest matches · Test match Test matches · Test match 4'

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