Barely a month ago, Western Bulldogs star Jake Stringer was plying his trade in front of a few hundred VFL supporters in suburban Werribee.Now the 22-year-old is preparing to line up in front of 100,000 fans at the MCG in Saturdays AFL grand final.The powerfully-built forward was dropped to the seconds after a series of lacklustre performances which belied his undeniable talent and prompted criticism from some of the games greats.Hes a powerful beast but to me, hes looking for maximum reward from minimum effort and minimum contact to him, Hawthorn legend Dermott Brereton told SEN radio at the time.Bulldogs coach Luke Beveridge was, realistically, never going to exile a player of Stringers talent for too long, especially leading into the AFL finals.But Stringer took his medicine, put in the hard yards and earned a call-up for the Bulldogs elimination final win over West Coast, going on to boot three goals the following week against Hawthorn.Just workrate. That was literally the only thing, Stringer said of Beveridges feedback.Get back and work hard, and Ill get my spot back. That was pretty much what I did.I went back, worked hard, got a couple of kicks in the VFL, which was nice, and had a run on-ball. And I was lucky enough to get back in.An All-Australian in 2015 after booting 56 goals, Stringer has had less impact this year but still looms as one of the most important players in the Bulldogs 22 with his ability to impose himself on games.With former Hawthorn premiership defender Matthew Suckling the only player on the Bulldogs list to have played a grand final, Stringer reckons the magnitude of the week hasnt quite sunk in yet.But come Saturday, hes confident of making his mark on the games biggest stage.You hope so, he said.Theres a lot of water to go under the bridge (before) then.Well just go about this week normally, train hard on Tuesday and Thursday and get ready for Saturday. Air Max 97 Valentines Day 2019 . 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The Northern Irishman arrived at the course on Wednesday hoping to start, but after hitting a few balls on the practice putting green Clarke advised officials he was not fit to play. Sussex 227 for 3 (Joyce 106) trail Glamorgan 335 (Rudolph 87, Selman 52, Whittingham 4-58) by 108 runsScorecard Division Twos leading run scorer Ed Joyce scored his third hundred of the season to help put Sussex in a good position against Glamorgan at Hove.Joyce made 106 to take his aggregate for the season to 838 as his side reached 227 for 3 in response to Glamorgans 335 for 9 at stumps on the second day.A slow pitch was ideal for someone with Joyces phlegmatic temperament. He seldom played a cross-batted shot and it was a surprise when he chopped on to Tim van der Gugten in the 60th over.Joyce survived one moment of alarm on 61 when Will Bragg put down a very difficult chance at slip off the debutant slow left-armer Owen Morgan, but Joyces ability to play straight and late once again paid dividends. He hit 14 fours in 177 balls faced.Joyce had shared an opening stand of 133 with Chris Nash although Nash struggled for timing. Normally a fast scorer, it took him 66 balls to lodge his first boundary but he appeared to be finding some fluency when he shaped to cut Morgan and was caught behind for 37.It was a deserved reward for Morgan, a 22-year-old slow left-armer from Swansea, who bowled with impressive control on his Championship debut. His efforts epitomised a persevering Glamorgan attack without their main strike bowler Michael Hogan who did not return after he ducked into a bouncer from Stuart Whittingham earllier in the day and was hit on the helmet.ddddddddddddHogan spent ten minutes regaining his composure but eventually decided he could no longer continue. His condition will be monitored overnight but he is expected to be able to bowl on Monday.With skipper Jacques Rudolph nursing a hand injury which will require an x-ray Glamorgan employed three substitute fielders including bowling coach David Harrison and Australian fast bowler Shaun Tait who has linked up with the squad as he prepares to play in their T20 side.Sussex were 176 for 2 when Joyce was out and had added just five runs when Ross Taylor was leg before playing across the line to Graham Wagg. But Luke Wells and skipper Luke Wright, who is playing his first Championship innings of the season at Hove, added an unbeaten 46 for the fourth wicket.Hogans retirement came after Glamorgan had added 44 runs to their overnight 291 for 7 during the morning. Both wickets fell to the impressive Whittingham who bowled with good pace in a spell of 8.1 overs which cost just 20 runs as he finished with a Championship best 4 for 58.Thomas was caught behind by a ball which seamed away before Rudolph, struggling after Whittingham struck him on the left hand, was caught at third man for 87 from 197 balls which was compiled in four and a half hours. ' ' '