May posted a video to his Instagram account, promoting a barber shop, on Saturday morning, as his teammates made their way to the airport to fly to Brisbane for Magic Round. Senior players are scheduled to front the media to talk about the game.

May escaped sanction for a separate incident in which he posted video of a friend driving at 96km/h in a school zone. Speaking to this masthead earlier this month, May said he had learnt from the incident.

“I’ve put myself in other people’s shoes,” May said at the time. “I was in the car, but I wasn’t driving – I can’t say who was driving.

“I didn’t think there was [much in it], but that’s the world we live in. We’re high-profile [NRL players], so any little thing [becomes a story]. I heard I was under investigation, but I didn’t read into it much.

“I’m back on social media now. I needed a reset. I’ll do it here and there. I’ll probably do it again. I don’t like to see all the negative stuff. I know that’s what comes with it.”

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It’s not the first time a member of the May family has made headlines after an off-field incident. Older brother Tyrone May was sacked for a post-grand final social media post in 2021, which was interpreted as him being vindicated following a sex-tape scandal that embroiled the club.

The latest incident is the third this week, at a time when the game is celebrating Magic Round in Brisbane. The NRL is aware of sexual assault allegations levelled against a Queensland-based NRL player, while former Tigers and Bulldogs playmaker Brandon Wakeham has been charged with drugs supply offences.

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