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Blog Central: Super sub With a great line-up of talent on the Daily’s sports desk, Jon Tuxworth reckons he only gets a call-up when one of the star players is away – as is the case with his sporting exploits. Known affectionately as ‘Splinters’ at high school, his offering from the humble position on the bench is always worth a read.

PR bloopers, nightclub tackles and little white lies

October 1 | Jon Tuxworth

The Dally Ms have come and gone and the Brownlow medal has been handed out, too.

But the latest awards set to take the football world by storm are finally here – the first annual Super Sub Awards for Football Excellence – And Anything But.

The Beverly Hills 90210 Award for Best Comeback: Midway through the local league season the Noosa Pirates were probably resigned to handing over their premiership crown – until they went on a late-season winning streak that culminated in a win over Caboolture in the grand final.

The Wayne Carey Award for Best Performance in Ruining a Friendship: When you’ve (allegedly) just assaulted your partner and she’s (allegedly) bleeding everywhere, what’s the next thing you do?

If you’re Greg Bird, you allegedly tell police it was your flatmate, then ring him up when he’s playing golf and ask if he’s “okay with that”.

Of course, if you can’t put your hand up for a potential jail sentence for your mate, then you’re not a real friend.

The MacGyver Award for Making Something Out of Not Much: The nightclub owner who claimed he was “tackled” by Broncos skipper Darren Lockyer.

Fair dinkum, it was the type of “tackle” you make on your eight-year-old nephew in a backyard game after Christmas lunch.

The Dennis Ferguson Get Out of Jail Free Award: To Buderim Wanderers Football Club, who secured a 2-all draw against NYU after scoring a goal on the final kick of the match. The ball never even made it back to the centre.

The OJ Simpson and Bill Clinton Best Delivery of a Lie Award: When Collingwood star Heath Shaw was charged with drink-driving, he claimed that team-mate Alan Didak was in the car with him.

The Magpies hierarchy swallowed his story hook, line and sinker, and were forced into an embarrassing admission when they discovered the truth.

The Qantas Worst Public Relations Exercise Award: Runny Dill Williams ensured any fans he may have had jumped off the bandwagon forever after taking up a contract with French rugby without even telling anybody.

The (insert name of Home and Away/Neighbours star here) Award for Best New Talent: The Sunshine Coast Fire for winning football’s inaugural Queensland State League, dropping just two matches in the process.

The “I’m Better Than You Fevola” Award: To Noosa Tigers AFL full forward Matt Hicks, who went one better than Fev when he kicked his 100th goal in the final match of the Pineapple Hotel Cup regular season.

While Lance Franklin was mobbed by thousands when he kicked his ton, big Hicksy just got a couple of congratulatory pats on the bum from his teammates.

The Beaconsfield Miners Award for Ability to Climb Out of a Hole: To rugby union’s Sunshine Coast Stingrays, who put together easily their best-ever season in premier rugby under the guidance of new coach Glenn Panoho.

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