England, Wales and Scotland each have individual teams in the men’s Sevens Series, but joined forces for the sport’s Olympic debut at Rio 2016 as Britain finished runners-up behind Fiji.

The three nations also combined for the women’s competition, narrowly missing out on the podium after losing the bronze medal match to Canada.

Wales does not compete in the women's Sevens Series, unlike England and Scotland, and winger Jasmine Joyce is among those to have backed the TeamGB concept.

Speaking to BBC Wales, Gosper said: "If they really are taking the Olympics seriously, it would be normal that they look at it.

"And we would welcome either alternative [playing as separate nations or combining as GB] in terms of it fitting into the [World Series] programme.

"It's up to the host nations of those countries to work out if it's much better for them to combine their resources and present a GB side."

Rugby sevens is guaranteed a place on the Tokyo 2020 sports programme, but it is not yet certain of a place at the 2024 Olympic Games, which will be hosted by either Budapest, Los Angeles, Paris or Rome.

Gosper says the growth of the women’s game is a focal point ahead of Tokyo 2020.

In keeping with this, it was announced yesterday that Japan and Australia, winners of the women’s rugby sevens competition at Rio 2016, will host legs of the women’s Seven Series for the first time during the 2016-17 campaign.

The six-leg Series will begin in Dubai alongside the men's event on December 1 and 2, before heading to Australian soil for the first time for the Sydney Sevens on February 3 and 4, which will again see both genders compete at the same time.

Japan will then host a leg of the flagship women's competition for the first time in Kitakyushu on April 22 and 23, with Victoria in Canada then staging a tournament on May 27 and 28.

The climax to the season will again be in Clermont-Ferrand in France on June 24 and 25, with one more tournament still to be confirmed for the schedule.

"We want more destinations; a sixth destination will be introduced soon," Gosper added.

"We'd like some of those competitions to be happening when the men's competitions are on which gives us higher visibility.

"We're looking at all these things to ensure we can create that competition.

"Perhaps one or two of the women's teams could have been stronger [during the Olympics].

"We're also looking at the possibility of a second-tier competition on the men's World Series so there'll definitely be higher competition as we head towards Tokyo."

Joyce, who was the only Welsh woman competing in the Rio 2016 rugby sevens tournament, believes a permanent TeamGB is a realistic possibility.

"Absolutely," she told BBC Wales. 

"That would be ideal for the men as well.

"The Olympics is the biggest sporting event of all time and we need to start progressing for it now, not a year or 10 weeks before [as was the case for Britain’s men ahead of Rio 2016 because of national commitments].

"The top teams such as New Zealand and Australia have been performing as the same team, same squad, for four, five years and in Great Britain we don't have that opportunity to compete as one team, so hopefully we can at least get together a bit earlier before Tokyo."