Stathi Paxinos
Stathi Paxinos covers rugby league, rugby union, boxing, swimming and Australian Rules football for The Age. He has covered numerous major sporting events including the Sydney Olympic Games (boxing), the 2003 Rugby World Cup, state of origin contests and NRL finals, world title fights and national swimming championships. Stathi also covered boxing and aquatics at the Melbourne 2006 Commonwealth Games.
Rugby League
Match reviewers clear Slater over kicking Dog
Brad Walter and Stathi Paxinos The NRL match review committee has ruled that Melbourne fullback Billy Slater's kick to the head of Canterbury forward David Klemmer was accidental contact.
Rugby League
Slater charge dims victory as Storm flies high
Stathi Paxinos Melbourne remains undefeated after holding off Canterbury in a worthy grand final replay.
Rugby League
Storm clouds gone as stars celebrate win
Stathi Paxinos It seems fairytale endings do happen. Two years after Melbourne was locked in the darkest days of the club's history, the Storm proved too strong for Canterbury in the grand final.
Rugby League
Slater cops an earful from Bulldog
Stathi Paxinos In the end, no one was talking about James Graham's Mike Tyson-moment after the Storm's 14-4 grand final win.
Rugby League
Storm prop out for year
Stathi Paxinos Michael Greenfield's stint at the Melbourne Storm, and possibly his career, could be over.
