Assertion: maul | /r/HasProperty | formed
Facets:
value: immediately
type: MANNER
Source sentences:
text: When the ball carrier is help to their feet by the opposing team a maul is formed.
text: If the maul stops moving forward, and the ball is not available to be played, then the referee awards a scrum to the side not in possession when the maul began (unless the maul was formed immediately after a player received a kick other than a kick-off).
text: If a defending team cannot win the ball in the air at a lineout, they try to stop the maul being formed because once it is it becomes much more difficult to defend against.
text: Alternatively, the defending team may try to drive on the jumper as soon as they land to disrupt the maul and get it going backwards or sideways as it is being formed.