Carl August Wegner is a South African

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player for Benetton in the

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. His usual position is

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. After the debut with , he joined for French

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team Stade Français from the end of 2012, but returned to

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at the end of the 2013–14 Top 14 season to rejoin the on a deal until the end of 2018. Atfter the experience with

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in the Japanese

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, in 2020 he comes back in South Africa to rejoin with and In 2011 Wegner played for the South Africa Under 20 team.

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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 South African expatriate sportspeople in France Expatriate rugby union players in France Stade Français players Toyota Verblitz players Benetton Rugby players Rugby union players from the Free State (province) {{SouthAfrica-rugbyunion-bio-stub