Although both teams are qualified for the last 16, victory would ensure home advantage for the knockout stages.
Last season, Bordeaux-Begles showed how key it can be.
They topped their pool, scoring 40 points or more in every match, before sweeping to a glorious maiden European title with victory over Northampton in Cardiff in May.
Oghre was never going to be part of that run.
Despite a successful five months with Bordeaux-Begles, he signed a deal to return to England with Bristol.
“I definitely really enjoyed my time in the Top 14 and at Bordeaux, but I had big aspirations to play for England, and you can’t do that playing in France,” he says.
“I wanted to come back and try and push to achieve some personal goals.”
In July, he did.
After touring New Zealand and Japan with England in 2024, but not getting any game time, Oghre made his debut off the bench against the United States in a match that was delayed and then interrupted by lightning storms.
“It was a bit of a weird game,” he remembers. “I sat on the bench and every time we had to go inside, I was like, ‘is this game going to get called off? Am I going to be able to get on the pitch?’
“But it was a real special moment to win my first cap.”
When another might arrive is difficult to predict.
England are well stocked at hooker. But as Jamie George and Luke Cowan-Dickie, 35 and 32, approach the end of their careers, there may be vacancies.
Leicester’s Jamie Blamire (28), Saracens’ Theo Dan (25) and Sale’s Nathan Jibulu (22) join 27-year-old Oghre among the younger generation.
Oghre’s energy amid Bristol’s trademark running style, combined with his set-piece accuracy, makes a strong case.
