Complex sentence: Joe Bowers was a professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1920s, playing at representative level for Great Britain and at club level for Rochdale Hornets, as a, i.e. number 8 or 10, during the era of contested scrums.
Split into simpler sentences: Joe Bowers was a professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1920s. He played at representative level for Great Britain and at club level for Rochdale Hornets, as a, i.e. number 8 or 10, during the era of contested scrums.