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
Youngsters storm up the ranks
Stathi Paxinos Mahe Fonua did not have the best of NRL debuts for the Storm last season.
Rugby League
Storm starts as it left off - with a win
Stathi Paxinos Reigning premiers dispel any thoughts of a premiership hangover with clinical win.
Rugby League
Injured Storm trio likely to miss England trip
Stathi Paxinos Storm facing world club challenge clash against Leeds in England without three top players.
Storm receive unwelcome send-off before leaving to Britain
Stathi Paxinos THE Melbourne Storm will head to Britain for their world club challenge clash against Leeds on the back of not only a poor loss to Canberra in Friday's night's trial game but possibly without three...
Storm 'fan' re-signs as coach
Stathi Paxinos Coaching supremo Craig Bellamy has announced he is staying with NRL premiers Melbourne Storm until at least the end of 2016.
High five for Smith
Stathi Paxinos Melbourne Storm captain crowned the club's player of the year for a fifth time.
Bennett backs Bellamy to stick with Storm
Stathi Paxinos Wayne Bennett could not see any reason why Melbourne Storm coach Craig Bellamy would want to leave this year's NRL premier when his contract was up next year, the seven-time premiership coach said...
Fierce Storm lashes Sea Eagles
Stathi Paxinos It has taken far less time than many had thought but Storm now has the chance it has been craving.
Rugby League
Grand final week 'fun' for Cronk
Stathi Paxinos Cooper Cronk reckons grand final week is an atmosphere to be taken in and enjoyed. But he hasn't always looked on it that way.
Rugby League
Storm wary of Hasler factor
Stathi Paxinos MELBOURNE Storm coach Craig Bellamy has said that he does not know, or had not really thought about, what sorts of tricks Canterbury counterpart Des Hasler could pull in Sunday's grand final.
Rugby League
Full-backs' duel crucial
Stathi Paxinos The battle between Billy Slater and Ben Barba in today's NRL grand final has the fans excited.
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
Under radar and over moon
Stathi Paxinos Gareth Widdop is grateful he has had the opportunity to live his life in relative obscurity outside the closeted rugby league ranks.
Rugby League
Gold Coast taken by Storm - and history
Stathi Paxinos The story of the night was the unveiling of the Storm's first true-blue Victorian talent.
League
Storm have a true-blue local to call their own
Stathi Paxinos THE Melbourne Storm made history last night and it had nothing to do with their 24-16 win over Gold Coast at AAMI Park.
Storm surge back to form as hapless Panthers roll over
Stathi Paxinos THERE was a feeling that hung around Melbourne Storm's game against Penrith yesterday. It was one of ''surely not''.
Rugby League
Panthers stay wary
Stathi Paxinos Penrith forward Clint Newton insists that there has not been, and would not be, any use of the words 'form slump' in relation to Melbourne Storm ahead of their clash.
