The chairman of the referees committee in the North Tipperary division has jumped to the defence of his refereeing colleagues in response to comments made at the North Tipperary GAA Board convention which took place in the Thatched Cottage (Ballycommon) on Monday, December 2. Indeed, Kieran Delaney (Toomevara) argued that referees in the division put in an “enormous amount of effort” in order to prepare for games.