Johnny Mannah Cup

Johnny Mannah Cup

Johnny Mannah Cup, 2020
Location	Sydney
Teams	Parramatta Eels Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks
First meeting	Round 5, 2013 Eels 13–6 Sharks
Latest meeting	Round 9, 2025 Sharks 28 –18 Eels
Next meeting	Round TBC, 2026
Stadiums	Various Sydney venues
Statistics
Meetings total	13
All-time series	Parramatta Eels: 6 Cronulla Sharks: 7 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.

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

As of March 2022

Team	Played	Games won	Games lost	Draws	PF	PA	PD
Parramatta Eels	13	6	7	0	239	209	+30
Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks	13	7	6	0	209	239	–30

Results

Season	Score	Winner	Venue	Attendance	Ref.
2013	13–6	Parramatta Eels	Parramatta Stadium	11,063
2014	42–24	Parramatta Eels	Parramatta Stadium	12,541
2015	28–35	Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks	Parramatta Stadium	11,778
2016	34–24	Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks	Endeavour Field	19,124
2017	6–20	Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks	Stadium Australia	17,003	[2]
2018	14–4	Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks	Stadium Australia	25,106	[3]
2019	24–12	Parramatta Eels	Stadium Australia	11,185	[4]
2020	14–12	Parramatta Eels	Jubilee Oval	1,714	[5] [1] [6]
2021	28–4	Parramatta Eels	Western Sydney Stadium	19,236
2022	18–16	Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks	Endeavour Field	11,459	[7]
2023	30–26	Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks	Western Sydney Stadium	16,663	[8]
2024	34–22	Parramatta Eels	Western Sydney Stadium	11,665	[9]
2025	28–18	Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks	Suncorp Stadium	48,359	[10]

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 won this Cup three times: 2013, 2014, & 2019.

• Sports portal

References

1. "Johnny Mannah remembered". Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks. 7 August 2020. Archived from the original on 17 January 2021. Retrieved 9 May 2021.
2. "NRL 2017 – Round 4 – Rugby League Project".
3. Ferguson, Shawn Dollin and Andrew. "NRL 2018-Round 3-Rugby League Project". rugbyleagueproject.org. Retrieved 18 July 2018.
4. "Draw, Scores & Results – 2019 NRL Premiership Season". National Rugby League. Retrieved 11 November 2018.
5. "Draw". National Rugby League. Retrieved 24 June 2020.
6. https://www.parraeels.com.au/news/2020/08/08/johnny-mannah-cup/
7. "Sharks v Eels". National Rugby League. Retrieved 24 March 2022.
8. https://www.sharks.com.au/news/2023/03/08/for-the-johnny-mannah-cup/
9. https://www.sharks.com.au/news/2024/05/29/nrl-match-preview---sharks-v-eels
10. https://www.instagram.com/reel/DJGhAvPRZr8/