![]() Johnny Mannah Cup, 2020 | |
Location | Sydney |
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Teams | ![]() ![]() |
First meeting | Round 5, 2013 Eels 13–6 Sharks |
Latest meeting | Round 2, 2022 Sharks 18–16 Eels |
Next meeting | Round TBC, 2023 |
Stadiums | Various Sydney venues |
Statistics | |
Meetings total | 10 |
All-time series | Parramatta Eels: 5 Cronulla Sharks: 5 Drawn: 0 |
Largest victory | 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.
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]
Team | Played | Games won | Games lost | Draws | PF | PA | PD |
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![]() | 10 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 213 | 179 | +34 |
![]() | 10 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 179 | 213 | –34 |
Season | Score | Winner | Venue | Attendance | Ref. |
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2013 | 13–6 | ![]() | Parramatta Stadium | 11,063 | |
2014 | 42–24 | ![]() | Parramatta Stadium | 12,541 | |
2015 | 28–35 | ![]() | Parramatta Stadium | 11,778 | |
2016 | 34–24 | ![]() | Endeavour Field | 19,124 | |
2017 | 6–20 | ![]() | Stadium Australia | 17,003 | [2] |
2018 | 14–4 | ![]() | Stadium Australia | 25,106 | [3] |
2019 | 24–12 | ![]() | Stadium Australia | 11,185 | [4] |
2020 | 14–12 | ![]() | Jubilee Oval | 1,714 | [5] [1] |
2021 | 28–4 | ![]() | Western Sydney Stadium | 19,236 | |
2022 | 18–16 | ![]() | Endeavour Field | 11,459 | [6] |
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