Phillip Stephen May (born 1 July 1956) is a Welsh former
rugby union international.
May was born in
Carmarthen and attended Llanelli Grammar School.
A lock, May played a club record 552 games for
Llanelli RFC. He made his debut in 1974 and broke the games record in 1991, which had been held by Wales flanker
Ivor Jones for 51 years.
May earned seven Test caps for
Wales during his career. He won a triple crown with Wales at the
1988 Five Nations Championship
The 1988 Five Nations Championship was the 59th series of the rugby union Five Nations Championship. Including the previous incarnations as the Home Nations and Five Nations, this was the ninety–fourth series of the northern hemisphere rugby unio ...
, featuring in all of the Welsh matches, then was capped twice on the
1988 tour of New Zealand. In 1991, May was unexpectedly recalled for the
Rugby World Cup and came off with a dislocated shoulder in their tournament opener against Western Samoa, which would be his final appearance for Wales.
See also
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List of Wales national rugby union players
References
External links
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1956 births
Living people
Welsh rugby union players
Wales international rugby union players
Llanelli RFC players
Rugby union players from Carmarthen
1991 Rugby World Cup players
People educated at Llanelli Boys' Grammar School