Complex sentence: The 2010 Series was the first series to be played since 2008, after global economic problems forced the AFL to pull out of the 2009 and marked the first series in Ireland since the ill fated 2006 series.
Split into simpler sentences: The 2010 Series was the first series to be played since 2008, after global economic problems forced the AFL to pull out of the 2009 edition. It also marked the first series in Ireland since the ill fated 2006 series.