Ellis Genge has revealed that his glory moment was overshadowed by racial abuse on social media. The England prop captained Leicester to Premiership Final glory in his final game before joining Bristol.
Genge, who has mixed-race heritage, described it as the best day of his career - then turned on Twitter to find himself branded a “n****r”. Think it’s important to highlight that this is still a massive problem, from a legit account too,” he responded.
“Not here for a headhunt hence the black out, common occurrence and socials/law should come down on it.” Two years ago, recalling his youth in Bristol, Genge admitted to the BBC : “I still get that [racist abuse] now.
