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Although both teams are qualified for the last 16, victory would ensure home advantage for the knockout stages.<\/p>\n
Last season, Bordeaux-Begles showed how key it can be.<\/p>\n
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.<\/p>\n
Oghre was never going to be part of that run.<\/p>\n
Despite a successful five months with Bordeaux-Begles, he signed a deal to return to England with Bristol.<\/p>\n
“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.<\/p>\n
“I wanted to come back and try and push to achieve some personal goals.”<\/p>\n
In July, he did.<\/p>\n
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.<\/p>\n
“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?’<\/p>\n
“But it was a real special moment to win my first cap.”<\/p>\n
When another might arrive is difficult to predict.<\/p>\n
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.<\/p>\n
Leicester’s Jamie Blamire (28), Saracens’ Theo Dan (25) and Sale’s Nathan Jibulu (22) join 27-year-old Oghre among the younger generation.<\/p>\n
Oghre’s energy amid Bristol’s trademark running style, combined with his set-piece accuracy, makes a strong case.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
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