World Rugby chief Gosper defends England tweet

World Rugby chief executive Brett Gosper has defended a tweet which claimed a failure by hosts England to reach the World Cup quarter-finals later this year were "not the words we want to hear".



England must battle it out with Wales and Australia for the two quarter-final places up for grabs in World Cup Pool A, with one major nation set for an early exit this autumn.



Gosper drew quizzical responses from Wales when tweeting: "England fail to exit pool in World Cup?.

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Not the words we want to hear during #RWC2015".



Wales coach Warren Gatland replied by saying Gosper "probably do…