Complex sentence: Christopher "Chris" Preece is a professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1980s, playing at representative level for Wales, and at club level for Bradford Northern, as a, i.e. number 9, during the era of contested scrums.
Split into simpler sentences: Christopher "Chris" Preece is a former professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1980s. He played at representative level for Wales, and at club level for Bradford Northern, as a, i.e. number 9, during the era of contested scrums.