Carl Wegner
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| Full name | Carl August Wegner | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Date of birth | 7 February 1991 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Ficksburg, South Africa | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 2.01 m (6 ft 7 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 117 kg (18 st 6 lb; 258 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| School | Grey College | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| University | Central University of Technology | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Carl August Wegner (born 7 February 1991) is a South African rugby union player for the Cheetahs in the EPCR and the Currie Cup. His usual position is lock.[1][2]
After the debut with Free State Cheetahs, he joined for French Top 14 team Stade Français from the end of 2012,[3] but returned to Bloemfontein at the end of the 2013–14 Top 14 season to rejoin the Free State Cheetahs on a deal until the end of 2018.[4] Atfter the experience with Toyota Verblitz in the Japanese Top League, in 2020 he comes back in South Africa to rejoin with Free State Cheetahs and Cheetahs[5][6]
In 2021 he signed for Italian United Rugby Championship team Benetton. He played fo Treviso in 2021−22 and 2022−23 season.[7][8]
In 2011 Wegner played for the South Africa Under 20 team.[1]
References
[edit]- ^ a b "SA Rugby Player Profile – Carl Wegner". South African Rugby Union. Retrieved 30 May 2016.
- ^ "Wegner delighted to rejoin the Cheetahs". OFM.co.za. 17 May 2023. Retrieved 17 May 2023.
- ^ "VS se Wegner 4de slot wat pad na Europa vat". Beeld (in Afrikaans). Media24. 30 October 2012. Archived from the original on 1 November 2012. Retrieved 30 October 2012.
- ^ "Wegner terug; Ferreira oorsee" (in Afrikaans). Volksblad. 13 May 2014. Archived from the original on 14 May 2014. Retrieved 14 May 2014.
- ^ "Toyota Cheetahs". www.fscheetahs.co.za. Archived from the original on 13 November 2022. Retrieved 13 November 2022.
- ^ "Cheetahs captain off to Italy". Sport. Retrieved 20 July 2021.
- ^ "Per consolidare la seconda linea dei leoni arriva Carl Wegner". Benetton Rugby (in Italian). 4 February 2021. Retrieved 4 February 2021.
- ^ "OTTO GIOCATORI SALUTANO IL BENETTON RUGBY". Benetton Rugby (in Italian). 12 May 2023. Retrieved 12 May 2023.
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- Living people
- 1991 births
- South African rugby union players
- Free State Cheetahs players
- Cheetahs (rugby union) players
- Rugby union locks
- People from Ficksburg
- Alumni of Grey College, Bloemfontein
- South Africa Under-20 international rugby union players
- South African expatriate rugby union players in France
- Stade Français Paris players
- Toyota Verblitz players
- Benetton Rugby players
- Rugby union players from the Free State (province)
- South African expatriate rugby union players in Italy
- South African expatriate rugby union players in Japan
- South African rugby union biography stubs