Air Niugini’s PX Falcons defeated Avenell Engineering Services (AES) by a close margin of 2 points lead, winning the pennant grand-final of the 2019 Corporate 9s in Port Moresby yesterday(Sunday, 27th October). The two teams braved the scorching heat at the Bava Park, Boroko as they battled it out to see who would take the top spot.AES fielded a much younger team who were more athletic, faster in skills and ball work, maintaining the lead in the first half, 16 points to PX falcons 4.
But that didn’t stop the more experienced PX falcons from coming back. They surely mean business in the second half, bringing the score-line to level with ASE, 26 all and just minutes before full time, a successful conversion saw them taking over the lead, winning the game by 2 points, 28 to ASE 26.