I’m just not going to let it go any further than the surface. And so, on this occasion, I decided, no I’m not going to take offence. I decide if I want to take offence or not. “They were like, ‘yeah well done, Webby! Well done!’ When someone’s trying to offend me, you know, the choice is mine now. Took a little bite, and in the end just threw it back into the crowd, where it came from and I was surprised the crowd erupted. Webbe said: “I picked it up and just sort of peeled it. Read more: How life turned out for Glen Webbe, the cult rugby player Wales ignored for so long There was a banana thrown from the crowd, just in Glenn’s direction.” The documentary described Webbe as having almost always been the only black player on the pitch, meaning that he was sometimes a “target'.īridgend 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. Webbe had a banana thrown at him on the field when he was playing in Maesteg in his second season with Bridgend.

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.

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.

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