May and his sons were the winners of the Otago Daily Times competition to pick the 31 man All Black squad to play in the World Cup.
May picked 30 of the 31 man squad, in consultation with his sons.
The name he missed out was the one that got many people unstuck.
Winger Waisake Naholo was seen as a long shot after breaking a bone in his leg in July, in his first test appearance.
The May family thought Naholo would not make it and selected fullback Israel Dagg instead.
But All Black coach Steve Hansen went for Naholo and the flying Highlanders winger will now make the trip.
The May family entry was one of about half a dozen entries which had 30 names.
A random draw had the family from Balclutha winning the prize, a copy of the new book by Ron Palenski, Rugby: A New Zealand History.
Most of the entries missed out on Naholo and also named Highlanders first five eighth Lima Sopoaga, who was one of the unlucky players to miss the plane to England. Prop Nepo Laulala was another popular player who missed out.
Luka plays rugby for the Clutha club in South Otago while younger brother Benji is hoping to start playing next year.
As for the All Blacks going over to England and winning the cup, May was reasonably confident.
''I think we've got a really good chance.''
