Complex sentence: Alan Hardy is a professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1970s, and 1980s, playing at club level for Castleford, as a, or, i.e. number 8 or 10,9, or, 11 or 12, during the era of contested scrums.
Split into simpler sentences: Alan Hardy is a former professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1970s, and 1980s. He played at club level for Castleford, as a, or, i.e. number 8 or 10,9, or, 11 or 12, during the era of contested scrums.