The Unitas u/21 rugby team hero, Wimpie Koekemoer, is offered a contract to play rugby in England. Katrien rehearses a play with autistic children, while doing everything in her power to keep Wimpie in the country. Fanie is struggling to get used to Christie's post-high school chubby body and Japie is experiencing a very embarrassing problem in his sexual pursuit of Liezl... Muscle man, Werner "Killer" Botha joins the Unitas rugby team and threatens Wimpie's position in the team. (Written by Henk Pretorius)
Acting
Ivan Botha's earnest Wimpie keeps this ship sailing
Writing
Japie's cringe subplot is somehow the most memorable
Costume
Peak late-2000s South African fashion crimes
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Bakgat was a massive Afrikaans box office hit that spawned three sequels, proving South African audiences craved their own American Pie.
The 'Oos, Wes, Bakgat Bes' tagline became playground slang across Afrikaans schools in 2010.
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