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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.

Rebels hope storming win helps save coach's skin

Stathi Paxinos The Melbourne Rebels players say they realise the only way they can help coach Damien Hill keep his job is by winning.

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Luck of the Rebels

Stathi Paxinos The odds were that the Melbourne Rebels' luck had to change some time.

Rebels win achieved without top stars

Stathi Paxinos Rebels coach says win over Stormers marks coming of age for team.

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Delve itching to make his mark again for Rebels

Stathi Paxinos Gareth Delve will be occupying one of the places he least wants when the Melbourne Rebels start their clash with the Stormers at AAMI Park on Friday night.

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Delve itching to make his mark again for Rebels

Stathi Paxinos Gareth Delve will be occupying one of the places he least wants when the Melbourne Rebels start their clash with the Stormers at AAMI Park on Friday night.

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Injuries put Rebel on centre stage

Stathi Paxinos Of all the advice that Bryce Hegarty received in the lead-up to his debut for the Melbourne Rebels last Saturday, a rather run-of-the-mill warning from assistant coach Nathan Grey proved to be the...

Battling Rebels ready for newcomers

Stathi Paxinos Melbourne Rebels and Southern Kings two newest teams in Super Rugby.

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Delve has faith in his down-on-luck Rebels

Stathi Paxinos Melbourne Rebels skipper believes one breakthrough win will kick-start his team's faltering season.

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Rebels 'worth cheering about'

Stathi Paxinos World Cup-winning coach says the Rebels should be 'well pleased' with their achievements this year.

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Mortlock may miss his finale

Stathi Paxinos Injury could ruin another landmark moment in Stirling Mortlock's career, with calf soreness putting Melbourne Rebels' retiring captain in doubt for his final game in Australia.

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Mortlock to miss last home game

Stathi Paxinos Melbourne Rebels skipper Stirling Mortlock is set to miss his final game in Australia despite the club maintaining that the retiring veteran would be given until the last possible moment to be...

Stirling says goodbye to home fans

Stathi Paxinos STIRLING Mortlock had been willing further damage his troublesome calf and miss the Melbourne Rebels' final two games of the season so that he could play his final game in Australia last night at...

Veteran Rebels' work is done: Hill

Stathi Paxinos Coach declares the veterans will leave club with a legacy to take it to a promising future.

Bad news for O'Connor, Gerrard to leave

Stathi Paxinos Stirling Mortlock took a chance so he could play the Rebels' last game at home this season.

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Fractured rib keeps 'battered' Beale on the sidelines

Stathi Paxinos WALLABIES star Kurtley Beale will be in a race to be fit for the opening Test of the inaugural Rugby Championship after scans yesterday showed that he had a fractured rib which will keep him...

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Don't quit, Lipman tells Chamberlain

Stathi Paxinos Retired Rebels forward Michael Lipman will tell ex-teammate Tom Chamberlain to play on.

Delve named top Rebel

Stathi Paxinos Gareth Delve has won the Melbourne Rebels top award at the club's end-of-season presentation lunch today.

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Rebels plot Blues game equation

Stathi Paxinos The equation is quite simple for the Melbourne Rebels, Mitch Inman said yesterday.

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Rebels trio bedazzle Blues

Stathi Paxinos Move over Cameron Smith, Billy Slater and Cooper Cronk, the Melbourne Rebels' 34-23 win over the more-fancied Blues on Thursday has shown there could be a new ''Big Three'' in town.