Springboks Cheslin Kolbe and Handre Pollard tacking Jonny May.

Springboks Cheslin Kolbe and Handre Pollard tacking Jonny May. Source: Getty Images.

England Rugby World Cup star returned home to a court summons

Jonny May has found getting back to regular life challenging after England’s incredible run to the Rugby World Cup final late last year.

Springboks Cheslin Kolbe and Handre Pollard tacking Jonny May.

Springboks Cheslin Kolbe and Handre Pollard tacking Jonny May. Source: Getty Images.

Star England outside back Jonny May faced a surprise when he got home from the Rugby World Cup and opened his mail.

The England winger received a court summons over unpaid council tax, having missed the payment deadline due to being in Japan with Eddie Jones’ team.

Coming down from the Rugby World Cup high

The Leicester Tigers man says that he is still adjusting to life after a surreal Rugby World Cup run and has found it difficult to return to banal life at home.

“You go home and you have got to cook your breakfast and do your washing. You have God knows how many letters from the council tax office and a summons to court,” May said in a recent interview.

“I am not going to court any time soon. That was one of the priority ones. You have to call them up. It’s difficult. It’s like, ‘Oh cheers, welcome back’.

“Things accumulate and life goes on and it does take a bit of time to get things back in order.

“You tick one job off your list and it creates two more. You will never get to the bottom of your to-do list.”

May has since squared matters with the Leicester County Council and says that he doesn’t feel he should have been given a pass considering he was otherwise engaged. The Tigers lynchpin understands that to the council he is just another resident and doesn’t feel he deserves special treatment.

“I am just a number, whatever my reference number was. One of lots of numbers,” he said.

It wasn’t just everyday life that brought May back down to earth. His first match back in Tiger’s colours saw his side thumped 36-13 by rivals Northampton.

“It doesn’t help when you go away to Saints and get absolutely pounded. Rugby will bring you back down to earth,” said May.

“We went out there and it was like, ‘Jesus we have not got to where we need to’. It was a tough block of games because we had worked incredibly hard.

“It was not back to the drawing board, but we needed to get something out of the next block of games and we did, we turned it around a bit.”

Leicester are currently languishing in 11th spot on the Premiership table, ahead of only Saracens who were slapped with a massive points deduction for breaching salary cap regulations.