Complex sentence: The start of the First World War brought rugby union to a halt in Queensland after 1914, and although the QRU was eventually revived in 1928--29, rugby languished in country regions of the state for many decades.
Split into simpler sentences: The start of the First World War brought rugby union to a halt in Queensland after 1914. Although the QRU was eventually revived in 1928--29, rugby languished in country regions of the state for many decades.