Bathtub RC’s 25-year-old centre and fly half, Max Ojomoh confirmed on the weekend that he has what it takes to put on his dad’s large footwear in England’s rugby nationwide group, Sports247 stories.
The fast-rising lad, who was born on September 14th, 2000, used his second ever England cap to indicate that he may even do higher than his now 55-year-old father, Stephen Oziegebe Ojomoh.
Though Max’s dad, Steve Ojomoh was born in Benin Ciry, he made the most effective of his early relocation to England to hone his rugby expertise, then gained a nationwide group invitation and received a few caps.
Nonetheless, the place Steve Ojomoh let off, Max has taken off on a curler coaster experience and introduced himself totally to the world with a person of the match efficiency in England’s 27-23 victory over Argentina.
The brand new rave of the second received a attempt to two tremendous assists, one in all which was a protracted cross subject go, as England hit an all-time excessive within the 2025 Autumn Nations Collection.
Rugby buffs worldwide at the moment are gloating over the sheer great thing about Ojomoh’s efficiency in opposition to Argentina, which was solely his second cap, however commentators have been unanimous that they’d seen the arrival of England’s subsequent large factor.
His correct cross-field kick help to Immanuel Feyi-Waboso and popped go to Henry Slade for England’s third rounded off a advantageous first outing at Twickenham for Ojomoh and analysts imagine he might be the one to save lots of Steve Borthwick’s job.
Ojomoh was first referred to as as much as an England squad 4 years in the past however needed to wait till the ultimate match of the summer time tour in opposition to the USA to make his debut, following which he waited a number of extra months once more to get his second cap.
Sarcastically, analysts famous that, if not for the accidents and withdrawals of two gamers on Friday, the brand new icon would have been unnoticed of the squad … however he absolutely will probably be in line for a 3rd cap when England begin their Six Nations quest within the new 12 months.
A technical report added: “Ojomoh possesses the type of triple risk all coaches would need from their inside-centre. He can run, kick and go, and he has appeared at fly-half and each centre positions for Bathtub this season.
“The place would possibly England have been in opposition to Argentina with out him? Definitely they rode their luck and maybe it’s no coincidence that he was their standout performer having spent a lot of the week anticipating to overlook out.”
Nonetheless, with Ojomoh in full swing, England enacted a clear sweep of 4 autumn fixtures for the primary time since 2016, and all headlines in King Chales’s nation’s dailies (on-line, TV and exhausting copy tabloids) heralded the start of a brand new rugby star.
Ojomoh additionally received a whole lot of ecstatic acclaim from his teammates, as he was a standout performer for the squad, which is on observe for the 2027 Rugby World Cup.
