“I wish I could take it back, but you can’t because it’s live-streamed to everyone.
“I’m not on every night. It depends on how I’m feeling after training, and if the family isn’t doing anything, I’ll jump on for a bit.
“It’s more about trying to make a living off the field, and giving people more of an insight into my life. I love playing games.
“I hopped on the next day [after those Blues’ comments]. People wanted to come in and get more stuff out of me. I’ll be the same person, no matter what happens.
“I’d still love to play for the Blues. It’s something I’ve been striving for the whole year. Even last year I wanted to get my foot in the door. If that opportunity comes, even if I make the train-on squad – just to go in for a few days and experience what it’s like – it would be a dream come true.”
Tigers CEO Shane Richardson felt no need to ask May to scale back his gaming commitments, saying: “I’m only aware of Twitch because of the article that was written, but I didn’t have to talk to him about it. I’d never heard of Twitch.
“I’ve got a policy with all the players, which is as long as what they are doing doesn’t directly affect the club in a detrimental way, they’ve got a right to their own IP.
“What annoys me most is when they do express their views and show some sort of personality, everyone, including the media, wants to bag them out.
“Terrell is an intelligent human being, and as long as his decisions do not affect the club, I don’t need to get involved.”
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Tigers co-captain Api Koroisau loved the fact May, who is one of the quirkier players in the NRL – he once ran a marathon with little training over the summer, and convinced a few Tigers teammates to start drinking a coconut-water concoction before games – was happy to show viwers the real him on the streaming service.
As for May’s Origin credentials, Koroisau, who has played for the Blues, said: “I knew he was a good player when he was coming here, but to see the amount of work he gets through – he’s never tired, he communicates well, even when he’s tired, and on the Origin arena, it’s all about grit, and Terrell is there for us every single week. He wouldn’t let anyone down.”
