Carl August Wegner is a South African rugby union player for Benetton in the Pro14. His usual position is lock. After the debut with Free State Cheetahs, he joined for French Top 14 team Stade Français from the end of 2012, 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.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 In 2011 Wegner played for the South Africa Under 20 team.