Complex sentence: He was introduced to rugby at Townsville Grammar School and played first grade club rugby at an early age--as a teenager he helped the Burdekin Canetoads win the Townsville premiership in 1994.
Split into simpler sentences: He was introduced to rugby at Townsville Grammar School. He played first grade club rugby at an early age; as a teenager he helped the Burdekin Canetoads win the Townsville premiership in 1994.