James Horan put the spotlight on Jonny Cooper's antics during eir sport's coverage of last night's Allianz Football League opener between Dublin and Kildare.

The Dublin defender was involved in a scuffle at the end of the first half after Kildare substitute Niall Kelly shoved him in the back. Kelly received a yellow card, but the former Mayo manager believed that Cooper was also culpable, saying at half-time: "Jonny Cooper, for me, he's a pest. If you look at him, there's a couple of occasions in the first half, where Kildare lads were through and the ball had gone dead and Jonny Cooper was in there.

"Then when Jonny gets a little bit of a push from Niall Kelly, he falls like a sack of potatoes. For me, he's sailing too close to the wind and refs are going to pick up on the way he's carrying on.

"He's been sent off in big games before, if he continues that he could cost his team when it really counts."

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