He might be a master of rugby league but the great Phil Gould has had a night to forget on Twitter after mistakingly tweeting to his followers a private message.

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With Gould's close ties to the Sydney Roosters, one can only assume that 'Nick' is none other than Sydney Roosters boss Nick Politis. Seems like they might have been close to signing Wests Tigers young gun Mitchell Moses before an 11th hour change of heart by his manager.

Gould was quick to rectify his mistake by deleting the tweet but he went a step further by quitting Twitter.

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