Rugby star Glenn Webbe, the first black player to achieve cult status in Welsh rugby union has recalled the moment that he had a banana thrown at him while he was part of Bridgend RFC. And in the BBC documentary series: Legends of Welsh Sport, the Welsh rugby star revealed more about himself and his career in the new episode which aired on February 22.
Webbe had a banana thrown at him on the field when he was playing in Maesteg in his second season with Bridgend. The documentary described Webbe as having almost always been the only black player on the pitch, meaning that he was sometimes a “target".
Bridgend superfan Wayne Barrington said in the episode: “It was a game we had up in Maesteg, which was just up the valley here, a local derby. I was in the crowd. There was a banana thrown from the crowd, just in Glenn’s direction.”
