Primarily a stand-off, May has played in a number of other positions during his career, including centre, scrum-half, loose forward and fullback.

[4] On 23 June, May made his international debut for Samoa, playing five-eighth in the 22–38 loss to Tonga, scoring a try.

[5] On 5 March, May was stood down from playing by the NRL after being charged by NSW Police in relation to sex tapes the player filmed dating back to February 2018.

[10] On 31 January, May narrowly avoided jail and was sentenced to 300 hours of community service plus a three-year good behaviour bond over sex tapes filmed without consent.

Magistrate Robyn Denes spoke in the court to May saying "This behaviour is not only morally reprehensible, it's criminal, Ultimately, this is an offence which takes what was consensual sexual acts to another level.

Following Ryan Papenhuyzen's try where he ran past May untouched, Melbourne raced out to a 26–0 lead in the grand final.

May was substituted by coach Ivan Cleary and took no further part in the game as Penrith mounted a comeback but ultimately lost 26–20.

May later removed the post from both social media platforms after it caused outrage from the general public, most notably from Fox Sports commentator Andrew Voss who said “Someone has to pull this bloke to one side and say, ‘What the hell?

Lawyer and Wests Tigers chairman Lee Hagipantelis, who acted for a woman depicted in a video recorded by May, also reacted to the post.

[21] In round 1 of the 2022 Super League season, May made his club debut for Catalans Dragons where they lost 28-8 against St Helens R.F.C.

On 12 October, May played in Hull Kingston Rovers 2024 Super League Grand Final loss against Wigan.