Complex sentence: Following an injury to Jonny Wilkinson, Cipriani regained the England number 10 shirt for the 2008 autumn internationals, only to be dropped following two indifferent displays in defeat to South Africa and Australia.
Split into simpler sentences: Following an injury to Jonny Wilkinson, Cipriani regained the England number 10 shirt for the 2008 Autumn Internationals. He was then dropped following two poor displays in defeat to South Africa and Australia.