Ben May rugby player
Ben May rugby player

Ben May

13th Oct 1982 1.93m/124kg Tighthead Prop

Wiese returns as Boks change nine for NZ clash

2 months ago by Ultimate Rugby

Jasper Wiese makes his first appearances of the season in a team featuring a new locking combination as Springbok coach Rassie Erasmus rang the changes for the Castle Lager Rugby Championship Test against...

History: Maori All Blacks and Ireland

2 years ago by Ultimate Rugby

The history of the Māori All Blacks versus Ireland or Irish teams is short yet significant.     In 1888-89, some twenty-two years before the official formation of a New Zealand Māori side...

Super Rugby Pacific: Two Cracking NZ Derbies Ahead

2 years ago by Ultimate Rugby

The first of the New Zealand derbies sees the Highlanders pitted against the Chiefs in Queenstown.     The Chiefs announced earlier in the week that their co-captains for the season would take...

Maori All Blacks Squad Announced

3 years ago by Ultimate Rugby

Maori All Blacks Head Coach Clayton McMillan has named his squad to take on Manu Samoa in a two-match series commencing on 26 June and concluding on 3 July.    The squad will be captained by...

Veteran prop Ben May escaped carding for a sneaky punch, but the disciplinary panel got him

4 years ago by Rugby Dump

Taranaki prop Ben May was cited for allegedly punching an opposition player in his team’s Mitre 10 Cup match against Auckland on 10 October.

Barretts and Boshiers start for Taranaki's Shield Challenge

4 years ago by Ultimate Rugby

Beauden and Jordie Barrett will challenge for the Ranfurly Sheild on Sunday with both brothers named in the Taranaki line up to face Canterbury.    Once again, Beauden starts at first five...

Barrett brothers named in Taranaki's first team of the season

4 years ago by Ultimate Rugby

Taranaki will open their Mitre 10 Cup campaign on Sunday with Beauden and Jordie Barrett both starting for the side that will take on Bay of Plenty.   Beauden has been named to start at first-five...

Fraser Armstrong resigns with the Hurricanes

4 years ago by Ultimate Rugby

The Hurricanes and New Zealand Rugby have announced the re-signing of Fraser Armstrong through until the end of 2021.   Armstrong has been with the Hurricanes since 2018 and has become a crucial...

Dane Coles to become the most capped Hurricanes forward

4 years ago by Ultimate Rugby

Dane Coles is set to become the Hurricanes most capped forward when the Hurricanes face the Highlanders under the roof in Dunedin this weekend. The Wellington stalwart will hit 119 caps on Saturday, passing...

Team News: Highlanders vs Hurricanes

4 years ago by Ultimate Rugby

Highlanders co-captains will bring up special milestones against the Hurricanes on Saturday, inspirational hooker Ash Dixon (Highlander #228) will play his 100th Super Rugby game.     He initially...