Complex sentence: In what many consider to be eery in its coincidental nature, Jeremy and Mark both shared a major love of Rugby Union and Rugby league, as was the case with cricket, both played the same position-winger.
Split into simpler sentences: In what many consider to be eery in its coincidental nature, Jeremy and Mark also shared a major love of Rugby Union and Rugby league. As was the case with cricket, both played the same position-winger.