Nico_Wegner
Nico Wegner
South African rugby union footballer
George Nicolaas 'Nico' Wegner (born 3 December 1968) is a former South African rugby union player.[1]
| Birth name | George Nicolaas Wegner | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Date of birth | (1968-12-03) 3 December 1968 (age 55) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Nelspruit, Mpumalanga, South Africa | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 2.02 m (6 ft 8 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 118 kg (260 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| School | Nelspruit High School | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| University | Stellenbosch University | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Wegner represented the Lowveld Schools team at the annual Craven Week in 1986 held in Graaff-Reinet. After school he did his national service and then enrolled at Stellenbosch University. He made his debut for the Western Province senior side in 1992. Wegner moved to the Sharks in 1997 and joined the Falcons in 2000.[2]
Wegner made his test debut for South Africa during the 1993 French tour of South Africa, in second test on 3 July 1993 at Ellis Park in Johannesburg. In 1993 Wegner toured with the Springboks to Australia, where he played in all three tests and to Argentina. He also toured as a replacement to New Zealand in 1994. Wegner played in four tests matches and eight tour matches for the Springboks.[3]
Test history
| No. | Opponents | Results (RSA 1st) | Position | Tries | Dates | Venue |
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| 1. |  France | 17–18 | Lock | 3 Jul 1993 | Ellis Park, Johannesburg | |
| 2. |  Australia | 19–12 | Lock | 31 Jul 1993 | Sydney Football Stadium, Sydney | |
| 3. | Australia | 20–28 | Lock | 14 Aug 1993 | Ballymore Stadium, Brisbane | |
| 4. | Australia | 12–19 | Lock | 21 Aug 1993 | Sydney Football Stadium, Sydney |
- List of South Africa national rugby union players – Springbok no. 587
- "Nico Wegner". ESPN scrum. Retrieved 29 November 2019.
- Van der Merwe, F. J. G. (Floris J. G.) (2007). Matieland is rugbyland, 1980-2006. Stellenbosch: SUN Press. pp. 147–148. ISBN 978-1-920109-79-0. OCLC 190836768.
- Jooste, Graham K. (1995). South African rugby test players 1949-1995. Johannesburg: Penguin. pp. 131–134. ISBN 0140250174. OCLC 36916860.
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