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
Slater charge dims victory as Storm flies high
Stathi Paxinos Melbourne remains undefeated after holding off Canterbury in a worthy grand final replay.
Hunger for more flags still rages, says Hinchcliffe
Stathi Paxinos Melbourne Storm kept to the standard line about the prospect of winnig back-to-back premierships.
Rugby League
We need stand-alone Origin: Bellamy
Stathi Paxinos Craig Bellamy remembers the bitter disappointment he felt when Ryan Hinchcliffe and Ryan Hoffman were not chosen for New South Wales in this year's State of Origin.
Rugby League
Bellamy's tired of losing
Stathi Paxinos Craig Bellamy has not been finding sleep easy these past months.
Size matters this year for Storm: Widdop
Stathi Paxinos Gareth Widdop knows he will have a greater target on his forehead this season.
Slater stars as Melbourne apply heat to frozen Chooks
Stathi Paxinos THE Billy Slater show rolls on, with the Melbourne fullback scoring a double for the fourth consecutive match as the Storm tore apart Sydney Roosters at AAMI Park yesterday.
Rugby League
Hinchcliffe rises to the challenge
Stathi Paxinos The gritty back-rower could be just one game away from playing for Australia.
Rugby League
Dogged Storm prevails
Stathi Paxinos Melbourne Storm was tested - perhaps for the first time this season - by a gutsy Canterbury.
Rugby League
Bellamy backs his workhorse
Stathi Paxinos Another representative position up for grabs, another plug from Bellamy for Ryan Hinchcliffe.
