LONDON (AP) England’s failure to make the Rugby World Cup quarterfinals all of a sudden doesn’t seem so bad for the people running the show.World Rugby chief executive Brett Gosper created a stir in March when he took to social media following England’s group-stage exit at the Cricket World Cup in Australia to say, ”England fail to exit pool in World Cup … Not the words we want to hear” during the Rugby World Cup.It infuriated fans in Wales, which was grouped with former champions England and Australia,, Fiji and Uruguay in Pool A, the toughest of the tournament.Gosper said on Monday the local fans had been resolute, though, and doom and gloom didn’t necessarily follow England’s elimination following back-to-back losses to the Welsh and the Wallabies.”Most tournaments around the world would like the hosts to do well enough to keep that momentum going in the host country,” Gosper explained in a briefing at Twickenham to review the pool stage. ”But my sense is this is a very mature and philosophical sporting market. They love their sport, their team may be out, but they love the event, and we are seeing that already.”Gosper, an Australian, said ticket sales and broadcasting… Read full this story
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