{"id":288811,"date":"2023-09-05T21:34:29","date_gmt":"2023-09-05T21:34:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportslifetale.com\/?p=288811"},"modified":"2023-09-05T21:34:29","modified_gmt":"2023-09-05T21:34:29","slug":"englands-jonny-may-reveals-how-he-almost-walked-out-of-world-cup-camp","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportslifetale.com\/rugby-union\/englands-jonny-may-reveals-how-he-almost-walked-out-of-world-cup-camp\/","title":{"rendered":"England&apos;s Jonny May reveals how he almost walked out of World Cup camp"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>England&#8217;s Jonny May reveals how he lost his rag with Steve Borthwick and almost walked out of Rugby World Cup camp<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Jonny May has discussed how he got annoyed with Steve Borthwick last month<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>England winger nearly quit the Rugby World Cup camp but dust has now settled\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>May opened up on wanting to leave to be with his young son and first child Jaxon<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Tucked away in a shady corner of England\u2019s training base in Le Touquet, occasionally scratching the mosquito bites on his legs, Jonny May is explaining how he lost his rag with Steve Borthwick last month.<\/p>\n<p>The dust has settled now but there was a point when the winger almost walked out of camp. It was not long after the birth of his first child, Jaxon, when he was given an early heads-up that he was not in the original World Cup squad.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018The truth is that on the Monday before we played Wales, Steve spoke to me and said as it stands you\u2019re not playing at the weekend and aren\u2019t in the 33,\u2019 says May.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u2018That got my monkey out, I\u2019ll be honest. I was like, \u201cWell, what the hell am I doing here this week?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u2018I reacted angrily but rationally. I went to the gym for 10 minutes and then stomped back to him and said I need another chat. I said, \u201cI\u2019m running this by you because maybe I don\u2019t want to be here this week. Why am I here? I\u2019ve got my son at home\u201d.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/09\/05\/20\/75091467-12484115-image-a-107_1693943827284.jpg\" height=\"482\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Jonny May has discussed how he got annoyed with England coach Steve Borthwick last month<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/09\/05\/20\/75091471-12484115-image-a-108_1693943847552.jpg\" height=\"423\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Borthwick told winger May that he would not be involved in the country&#8217;s World Cup squad<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/09\/05\/22\/75095149-12484115-May_and_his_wife_Sophie_welcomed_their_son_Jaxon_into_the_world_-a-2_1693948739295.jpg\" height=\"669\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>May and his wife Sophie welcomed their son Jaxon into the world recently and the England star was frustrated he could not be at home if he was unlikely to be in the squad<\/p>\n<p>\u2018He said he didn\u2019t want me to go home because I was next in and it wouldn\u2019t look good if I quit now, then had to be called back in. I was like, \u201cFair enough, good point. Just calm down and plough on with it\u201d.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>A few weeks later, after a cruel twist of injury fate for Anthony Watson, May was called up to start in the warm-up game against Fiji. He scored eight minutes into the match, ending a six-hour try drought for England\u2019s backs and booking his place in the final touring party.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018Things turned around,\u2019 he says. \u2018Obviously I am gutted for Anthony \u2014 it\u2019s a cruel game at times, you learn that as you get older. Cruel in two ways: you can not get picked and you can get hurt.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>Plans changed quickly. May ordered tickets and accommodation for his young family last week, then headed for France, revealing a sense of relief as the team flew away from the cauldron of criticism that has bubbled throughout England\u2019s disastrous summer.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018I wrote in my little notebook that it\u2019s a new chapter now, and turned over a nice clean page,\u2019 he says. \u2018We\u2019ve had lots to deal with the past few months \u2014 disappointing results, injuries, bans.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;You can feel that pressure from outside, whether that\u2019s ex-players, media or social media. You can feel the vultures circling. That\u2019s the world we live in. It was a lot to witness.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018You see it with politicians when they\u2019re doing something slimy but all we\u2019re trying to do here is our very best. We understand the frustration and we share it. I\u2019m gutted about it but the nasty stuff is what I struggle to understand.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>The odds are stacked against England. May knows that. He has played for his country 76 times and the mood could not be further from the air of expectation four years ago.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/09\/05\/20\/75091465-12484115-image-a-109_1693943851089.jpg\" height=\"423\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>But after Anthony Watson&#8217;s injury, May started the warm-up game against Fiji and scored a try<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/09\/05\/20\/75091463-12484115-image-a-110_1693943947401.jpg\" height=\"437\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>\u2018We went into the last World Cup with a lot of results and preparation behind us,\u2019 he says. \u2018We pretty much knew what the team was, for a start.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;There was a lot more certainty. This time, we\u2019re definitely underdogs. We\u2019re still finding our way, we\u2019re still finding our team, we\u2019re still discovering ourselves.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018All you can do is flip it into a positive. Expectation is low. That\u2019s quite refreshing in some ways because we know we can be a lot better than we have been.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>First up is Argentina on Saturday night, when May could be lining up against a number of his Gloucester team-mates.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u2018They stay in the fight,\u2019 he says. \u2018It\u2019s a game that will go the whole distance. \u2018They\u2019re favourites. We\u2019ve just got to play the cards we\u2019ve got and turn it into a good hand.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/sport\/rugbyunion\/article-12484115\/England-Jonny-reveals-walked-Rugby-World-Cup-camp.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>England&#8217;s Jonny May reveals how he lost his rag with Steve Borthwick and almost walked out of Rugby World Cup camp Jonny May has discussed how he got annoyed with Steve Borthwick last month England winger nearly quit the Rugby World Cup camp but dust has now settled\u00a0 May opened up on wanting to leave [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":288810,"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&amp;apos;s Jonny May reveals how he almost walked out of World Cup camp - 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