New approach: Why attacking DGW teams isn’t everything

The SC gods giveth, and the SC gods taketh away. Your columnist his written several times this season that not all double game weeks are created equal, and this round saw a major come down after the highs of round 10. So let’s try say it as succinctly as possible; if a bad team plays on the double - especially against a good team - then it doesn’t really matter if they’ve got two matches as the scores are not likely to be worth it. Sadly in the case of the Stars, COVID was definitely a factor in their poor showing in Game 1 against the Scorchers - collectively their 12 featured players (yep, they X-Factored) pooled 265 SC point