Colm Begley Biography

Zach Tuohy is named as part of the Irish squad that will take on the Indigenous Australian Rules team in two Test matches later this month.

Former Brisbane Lions and St Kilda player Colm Begley and Ciaran Kilkenny, who left Hawthorn last Christmas after a brief stint as an international rookie will also form part of Ireland's 29-man squad.

Colm Begley and Eljay Connors have been delisted by St Kilda.

"Colm has expressed an interest to return to Ireland to pursue additional interests and we appreciate his efforts at the club during the past 12 months," St Kilda coach Ross Lyon said.

Richmond's Mark Coughlan is free to try to revive his AFL career after being cleared of headbutting by the VFL tribunal tonight.

Coughlan was reported on a misconduct charge after he became involved in a scuffle with St Kilda-listed player Colm Begley during a VFL game last Saturday.

While St Kilda coach Ross Lyon has used only 26 players this season, he is mindful not to overlook a group, including Matt Maguire, Sean Dempster and Robert Eddy, delivering consistent form each week with VFL affiliate Sandringham.

"There's not only Matt waiting for opportunities, I've got Armitage and Jack Steven and Raph Clarke in the seconds. So there's a number of players in the same position, Colm Begley another, who are fighting for a spot in the seniors," Lyon said yesterday.

"And I'm on record that, while players keep delivering, I'm not just going to make changes for the sake of it."