Johnny Mannah Cup Explained

Johnny Mannah Cup
City Or Region:	Sydney
Stadiums:	Various Sydney venues
First Contested:	Round 5, 2013 Eels 13–6 Sharks
Teams Involved:	Parramatta Eels
Mostrecent:	Round 2, 2023 Sharks 30 –26 Eels
Nextmeeting:	Round TBC, 2024
Total:	11
Series:	Parramatta Eels: 5 Cronulla Sharks: 6 Drawn: 0
Largestvictory:	Eels 28–4 Sharks (2021)

The Johnny Mannah Cup is a trophy contested annually in a game between the National Rugby League's Parramatta Eels and Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks clubs.

Background

The trophy was introduced in the 2013 NRL season to commemorate Johnny Mannah following his death in January 2013 from Hodgkin's lymphoma, as Mannah had played for both clubs during his short career.^[1]

Head-to-head

Team	Played	Games won	Games lost	Draws	PF	PA	PD
Parramatta Eels	11	5	6	0	239	209	+30
Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks	11	6	5	0	209	239	–30

Results

Season	Score	Winner	Venue	Attendance	Ref.
	13–6			11,063
	42–24			12,541
	28–35				11,778
	34–24				19,124
	6–20				17,003	^[2]
	14–4				25,106	^[3]
	24–12			11,185	^[4]
	14–12			1,714	^[5]
	28–4			19,236
	18–16			11,459	^[6]
	30–26			16,663

See also

• Jon Mannah – The player after whom this Cup is named.
• Tim Mannah – The older brother of Johnny, who also played for the Parramatta Eels for 11 years: 2009–2019. During this time the Eels team he was a part of successfully won this Cup three times: 2013, 2014, & 2019.

Notes and References

1. Web site: 7 August 2020. Johnny Mannah remembered. Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks. 9 May 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20210117154824/https://www.sharks.com.au/news/2020/08/07/johnny-mannah-remembered/. 17 January 2021.
2. Web site: NRL 2017 – Round 4 – Rugby League Project.
3. Web site: NRL 2018-Round 3-Rugby League Project. Shawn Dollin and Andrew. Ferguson. rugbyleagueproject.org. 18 July 2018.
4. Web site: Draw, Scores & Results – 2019 NRL Premiership Season. National Rugby League. 2018-11-11.
5. Web site: Draw. 2020-06-24. National Rugby League.
6. Web site: Sharks v Eels. 2022-03-24. National Rugby League.