In the Premiership Ritchie Worrall is currently averaging over six. His best season since 2017, yet he's still getting flack. If anyone is entitled to be disappointed by his current form it's Plymouth fans.
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His defence involved over the counter painkillers. Given the relative shortness of his ban I would infer that it was accepted at the SCB hearing.
(As reported here: http://www.scbgb.co.uk/news.php?extend.128 )
But Atkins v Barker was a close contest (see ht 14) whereas Masters/Nicholls v anyone would probably have been a non-event. Taking out Worrall in heat 13 was the truly inexplicable change
I wouldn't expect major publicity, but it is hard to imagine that the Speedway Star were not unaware of it, therefore the decision to exclude it from the 'this week's fixture listing' was a conscious one.