Tipperary Ladies Gaelic Football board officials have insisted the controversy that has seen five players dropped and 14 more absent themselves from the county’s intermediate squad is "closed."

The prospect of a resolution in the Tipperary ladies football dispute appears increasingly remote after chairman Tommie Campbell asked players dropped by team manager John Leahy to apologise to the county board.

Tipperary manager John Leahy is planning for the Munster and All-Ireland Intermediate Ladies Football championships without 19 players.

Tipperary ladies football board officials have backed John Leahy after the manager dropped five leading players from his county squad.