Jonny May’s monkey came out. You get the feeling it does not happen very often but the veteran winger was beside himself after being told by Steve Borthwick that he would not be involved in England’s opening World Cup warm-up match against Wales, nor selected for his 33-man squad for the tournament.
May had spent the summer toiling away for a crack at a third World Cup, spending precious time away from his newborn son, Jaxon, and having not even been given the opportunity to prove himself – he is after all England’s second-highest ever try-scorer – he had reached the end of his tether.
