Terrell May is tipped to end up at Canterbury after he was controversially released by the Roosters but the Wests Tigers have joined St George Illawarra in expressing their interest in signing the Samoan prop.
The 25-year-old forward has a close relationship with Bulldogs coach Cameron Ciraldo from their time together in the Penrith junior representative ranks.
Canterbury have salary cap space to accommodate May but the Tigers and Dragons are likely to be able to make bigger offers after cleaning out their roster over the past 12 months.
According to a Daily Telegraph report, May met with Wests coach Benji Marshall after previously catching up with St George Illawarra mentor Shane Flanagan.
Samoan skipper Jarome Luai’s arrival at the Tigers is a major feather in their cap in their hopes of signing May.
Roosters coach Trent Robinson on Tuesday rejected claims that May had been cut loose by the club due to concerns about his character.
The Roosters’ decision to tell May he was free to find a new home was also a shock given veteran prop Jared Waerea-Hargreaves has finished up with the club to take up a one-year deal with Hull KR in the Super League.
May enjoyed a career-best season in 2024 and outperformed Waerea-Hargreaves and fellow Roosters props Lindsay Collins and Spencer Leniu in nearly every statistical category.
He only signed a two-year contract extension in April worth the best part of $1 million.
Terrell May. (Photo by Ezra Shaw/Getty Images)
“Terrell is a really, really good player. That’s why I played him in so many games this year. But it does give opportunities to some guys underneath that to play more,” Robinson said.
“Terrell is not going to have trouble finding a club, the quality he plays with. He is not of bad character, he has not done anything wrong. I think that has been thrown out there.
“He has been a value add to our group and there are just some small bits there around how we want to play and also the longevity of Terrell. We felt like it was time to move in a different direction and expressed that to Terrell. The difficult thing has been that people have questioned his character around that and that shouldn’t be the case.”
May recently fired back at similar suggestions.
“(It has) nothing to do with off-field stuff,” May wrote on his Instagram.
The Roosters’ sudden decision to part ways with the forward has only increased speculation the club is eyeing a big fish in the NRL’s open market.
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