Complex sentence: His background in Rugby League began in 1998 at Newcastle University where he studied history, however his playing experience lasted only a handful of games and his brief playing career in the sport ended at the age of 19.
Split into simpler sentences: His background in Rugby League began in 1998 at Newcastle University, where he studied history. However, his playing experience lasted only a handful of games, and his brief playing career in the sport ended at the age of 19.