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
Storm braces for the cauldron
Stathi Paxinos, Sydney Storm skipper Cameron Smith believes it will not be long before the grand final atmosphere reaches something similar to a state of origin.
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
Dogged Storm prevails
Stathi Paxinos Melbourne Storm was tested - perhaps for the first time this season - by a gutsy Canterbury.
