Cronulla Sharks v Manly Sea Eagles Stats
The Cronulla Sharks and Manly Sea Eagles have played each other on 94 occasions; the Sharks have won 24 games, Manly have won 66 and there have been four draws.
That equates to a win percentage against Manly of just 25% for the Sharks.
Manly have won 23 of the last 29 games against the Cronulla Sharks, including the last four games in a row.
Stuart Raper is the only Cronulla Sharks coach with a winning record against the Manly Sea Eagles.
The first game played between the two sides was a 39-5 win for the Manly Sea Eagles in round 8, 1967.
Biggest Wins
The Cronulla Sharks biggest ever win over the Manly Sea Eagles was a comfortable 68-6 rout in round 24, 2005.
The Manly Sea Eagles biggest ever win over the Cronulla Sharks was a dominant 50-14 display in round 6, 1984.
Top try-scorer in this clash
Bob Fulton (MAN) – 10
Des Hasler (MAN) – 10
Brett Stewart (MAN) – 10
Andrew Ettinghausen (CRO) – 9
Steve Menzies (MAN) – 9
Anthony Watmough (MAN) – 9
Most prolific point-scorer in this clash
Graham Eadie (MAN) – 7 tries, 68 goals & 1 field goal (160 pts)*
Steve Rogers (CRO) – 4 tries & 54 goals (120 pts)*
Bob Batty (MAN) – 4 tries & 41 goals (94 pts)*
Luke Covell (CRO) – 3 tries & 32 goals (76 pts)
Jamie Lyon (MAN) – 4 tries & 27 goals (70 pts)
Players to have played for both sides from this clash
- Jim See – 1980 (MAN) & 1981-1987 (CRO)
- Barry Pearson – 1968 (MAN) & 1980 (CRO)
- Craig Teevan – 1991 (CRO) & 1992 (MAN)
- Nathan Long – 1994-2001 (CRO) & 2003 (MAN)
- Phil Bailey – 1999 (MAN) & 2002-2006 (CRO)
- Jye Mullane – 2002-2003 (CRO) & 2004 (MAN)
- Jason Ferris – 1999-2000 (CRO) & 2003 (MAN)
- Paul Stephenson – 2004-2006 (MAN) & 2007-2008 (CRO)
- Ian Donnelly – 2004 (MAN) & 2007 (CRO)
- Jeff Robson – 2004 & 2008 (MAN) & 2012-2015 (CRO)
- Adam Cuthbertson – 2006-2009 (MAN) & 2010 (CRO)
- Jack Afamasaga – 2007-2008 (MAN) & 2009 (CRO)
- Blake Green – 2008-2009 (CRO) & 2017 (MAN)
- Terene Seuseu – 2008-2009 (CRO) & 2010-2011 (MAN)
- Matthew Wright – 2009 & 2011-2013 (CRO) & 2016-2018 (MAN)
- Trent Hodkinson – 2010 & 2018-2019 (MAN) & 2018 (CRO)
- Siosaia Vave – 2010-2011 & 2014 (CRO) & 2016 (MAN)
- Tim Robinson – 2011-2012 (MAN) & 2014-2015 (CRO)
- Jesse Sene-Lefao – 2013-2015 (MAN) & 2016 (CRO)
Players to have been sin-binned/sent-off from this clash
- Dane Sorenson (CRO) sent-off in round 10, 1978.
- Kurt Sorenson (CRO) sin-binned in round 1, 1983.
- Kurt Sorenson (CRO) and Dave Brown (MAN) both sin-binned in round 15, 1983.
- Chris Gardner (CRO) sin-binned in round 6, 1984.
- Des Hasler (MAN) sin-binned in round 8, 1987.
- Owen Cunningham (MAN) sent-off in round 18, 1995.
- John Hopoate (MAN) sent-off & Ryan McGoldrick/David Peachey (both CRO) both sin-binned in round 2, 2005.
- Luke Covell (CRO) sin-binned in round 3, 2006.
- Luke Douglas (CRO) sent-off in round 25, 2009.
Players to have scored three or more tries in one game in this clash
- Les Hanigan (MAN) scored five tries in round 8, 1967.
- Bob Fulton (MAN) scored three tries in round 21, 1968.
- Phil Blake (MAN) scored three tries in round 1, 1983.
- Col Dreier (MAN) scored three tries in round 6, 1984.
- Des Hasler (MAN) scored three tries in round 6, 1984.
- Des Hasler (MAN) scored three tries in round 26, 1985.
- Andrew Ettinghausen (CRO) scored three tries in round 10, 1988.
- Andrew Ettinghausen (CRO) scored three tries in round 5, 1994.
- Brett Stewart (MAN) scored three tries in round 11, 2004.
- Michael Monaghan (MAN) scored three tries in round 2, 2005.
- Brett Kimmorley (CRO) scored three tries in round 24, 2005.
- Nigel Vagana (CRO) scored three tries in round 24, 2005.
- Anthony Watmough (MAN) scored three tries in round 19, 2010.
- Jorge Taufua (MAN) scored three tries in round 17, 2015.
Head Coaching Records
George Hunter (MAN) – 4/4 (100%)
Wally O’Connell (MAN) – 2/2 (100%)
Geoff Toovey (MAN) – 6/7 (85.7%)
Ray Ritchie (MAN) – 4/5 (80%)
Trent Barrett (MAN) – 3/4 (75%)
Bob Fulton (MAN) – 14/19 (73.7%)
Frank Stanton (MAN) – 9/13 (69.2%) (1 draw)
Des Hasler (MAN) – 11/16 (68.8%)
Stuart Raper (CRO) – 4/6 (66.7%)
John Lang (CRO) – 4/8 (50%)
Graham Lowe (MAN) – 2/4 (50%) (1 draw)
Noel Thornton (CRO) – 1/2 (50%)
Edwin Glossop (CRO) – 1/2 (50%)
Chris Anderson (CRO) – 1/2 (50%)
Allan Thomson (CRO) – 1/2 (50%)
Jack Gibson (CRO) – 2/6 (33.3%)
Arthur Beetson (CRO) – 1/3 (33.3%)
Peter Sharp (MAN) – 1/3 (33.3%)
Norm Provan (CRO) – 2/7 (28.6%) (1 draw)
Tommy Bishop (CRO) – 3/12 (25%)
Allan Fitzgibbon (CRO) – 1/4 (25%) (1 draw)
Shane Flanagan (CRO) – 2/10 (20%)
Greg Pierce (CRO) – 1/5 (20%)
Ricky Stuart (CRO) – 1/7 (14.3%)
Alan Thompson (MAN) – 0/1 (0%)
Peter Sharp (CRO) – 0/2 (0%)
John Morris (CRO) – 0/2 (0%)
John Raper (CRO) – 0/4 (0%)
Terrence Fearnley (CRO) – 0/4 (0%)
Kenneth Kearney (CRO) – 0/6 (0%)