Championship ties may be hit if North Tipp refs withdraw services

The Tipperary County Board are unlikely to be able to count on referees from their three other divisions to take charge of games in North Tipperary if match officials there decide to withdraw services.

Referees from the mid, south and west divisions are understood to be reluctant to help fulfil fixtures that their county colleagues had elected not to officiate.

The matter was raised at a meeting of the county’s referee chiefs on Monday night, although no course of action was decided on in the eventuality of a withdrawal occurring.