London Welsh captain Tom May has announced that he will retire from rugby at the end of this season.
May, who turns 36 next month, led the Exiles to Championship success last year in his first season at the club, and will make his 46th appearance for Welsh in all competitions on Sunday when he returns to former club Newcastle Falcons.
May scored five tries in 25 league appearances in Welsh's successful Championship campaign of 2013/14, and has crossed eight times for the Exiles in all.
Capped twice on England's 2009 summer Tour of Argentina, May also represented England Saxons and England Sevens.

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He made his professional debut for Newcastle Falcons in March 1999 and went onto make 267 appearances, including scoring 66 tries, during a ten-year spell at Kingston Park.
May replaces the injured Nic Reynolds at outside centre at Newcastle, while Elliot Kear is named on the right wing in place of Seb Stegmann.
The only other change from the side that lost 24-13 at home to Harlequins last week sees Koree Britton comes in at hooker for the injured Nathan Vella.
 appearance for the Welsh.
Former All Black Piri Weepu is again preferred to Olly Barkley at fly half, with the former England international on the bench.
It only the second-ever  match between the clubs, with the Falcons having won 23-3 in the previous meeting at the Kassam Stadium in October.
Newcastle Falcons: Hammersley, Sinoti, Powell, Socino, Tait, Catterick, Blair; Vickers, Lawson, Brookes, Green, Furno, Wilson, Welch, Hogg. Reps: McGuigan, Fry, Orlandi, Thompson, Mayhew, Tipuna, Harris, Tuilagi.
London Welsh: Robinson, Kear, May, Jewell, Scott, Weepu, Rowley, Trevett, Britton, Vea, West, Down, P Browne, Kirwan, Fonua. Reps: Morris, Reeves, Cooper, Thorpe, Pienaar, Lewis, Barkley, Stegmann.

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