I love rugby

Legend says that William Webb Ellis invented the game of Rugby in the year 1823. The name of the game comes from the name of the city town in which Ellis was a student. During a football (soccer) match he suddenly picked up the ball with his hands and started to run along the field. Once he ran into the opponents' end zone he touched down the ball shouting "Try!". This affected people so much that in no time a new game was created, using new rules that differed from standard football.
The main purpose of the game is to score a try. You can do this only by moving forwards and passing the ball only with your hands, and only backward. The only way to move the ball forward is by kicking it. Once you have scored a try, that is worth five points, you get the opportunity to add another two points by trying to kick the ball between the two end posts, from the point where the ball was touched down.
This game is very popular in the Anglo-Saxon countries*, as well as others, including France, Argentina and Italy.

*This is a very strange phrase. You might want to say "United Kingdom" or "British Isles" instead!