Carl Wegner

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]

Carl Wegner

Full name	Carl August Wegner
Date of birth	(1991-02-07) 7 February 1991 (age 34)
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
Rugby union career
Position(s) Lock Current team Cheetahs Youth career 2009–2012 Free State Cheetahs Amateur team(s) Years Team Apps (Points) 2012 CUT Ixias 6 (0) Senior career Years Team Apps (Points) 2012 Free State Cheetahs 5 (0) 2012–2014 Stade Français 10 (0) 2014–2018 Cheetahs 54 (15) 2014–2017 Free State Cheetahs 13 (0) 2016 Free State XV 3 (5) 2018–2020 Toyota Verblitz 16 (5) 2020 Cheetahs 5 (0) 2020–2021 Free State Cheetahs 6 (5) 2021–2023 Benetton 20 (5) 2023– Cheetahs () Correct as of 28 Oct 2022 International career Years Team Apps (Points) 2009 S.A. Schools 2011 South Africa Under-20 2 (0) Correct as of 22 Apr 2018

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] After 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]