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 2, 2023 Sharks 30 –26 Eels
Next meeting	Round TBC, 2024
Stadiums	Various Sydney venues
Statistics
Meetings total	11
All-time series	Parramatta Eels: 5 Cronulla Sharks: 6 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.

Head-to-head

As of March 2022

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.
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
2018	14–4	Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks	Stadium Australia	25,106
2019	24–12	Parramatta Eels	Stadium Australia	11,185
2020	14–12	Parramatta Eels	Jubilee Oval	1,714
2021	28–4	Parramatta Eels	Western Sydney Stadium	19,236
2022	18–16	Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks	Endeavour Field	11,459
2023	30–26	Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks	Western Sydney Stadium	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.