Complex sentence: His playing career started as an eight year old with Wigston, before joining Syston and, as a Ratcliffe College student, going on to represent the Midlands county and both the England 16 Group and U18 Group School sides.
Split into simpler sentences: His playing career started as an eight year old with Wigston, before joining Syston. He later joined Syston and as a Ratcliffe College student represented the Midlands county and both the England 16 Group and U18 Group School sides.