Tim Mannah
Personal information
Full nameTimothy Mannah
Born (1988-02-15) 15 February 1988 (age 36)
Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Playing information
Height184 cm (6 ft 0 in)
Weight110 kg (17 st 5 lb)
PositionProp
Club
Years Team Pld T G FG P
2009–19 Parramatta Eels 233 6 0 0 24
Representative
Years Team Pld T G FG P
2010–13 City NSW 4 0 0 0 0
2010–11 New South Wales 4 0 0 0 0
2012 Prime Minister's XIII 1 0 0 0 0
2017–19 Lebanon 5 0 0 0 0
Source: [1][2]

Tim Mannah (born 15 February 1988) is a former Lebanon international rugby league footballer who played as a prop for the Parramatta Eels in the NRL.[3][4]

He played for City NSW, New South Wales in the State of Origin series and the Prime Minister's XIII. Mannah played his entire NRL career with Parramatta, attaining the club's captaincy in the process and scoring a hatrick once.

Background

Mannah was born in Sydney, Australia. He is of Lebanese descent.

Playing career

In round 1 of the 2009 NRL season, Mannah made his NRL premiership debut for Parramatta Eels against the New Zealand Warriors at Mt Smart Stadium.[5] His brother, Jon Mannah, played for the Sharks between 2009 and 2011.[6] Mannah came to be regarded by many as a potential future leader of the Parramatta side[7][8] Mannah played in The 2009 NRL grand final loss against Melbourne coming off the interchange bench.[9]

In 2010, Mannah played for both the City team and the New South Wales State of Origin team as a substitute. In 2011, Mannah played again for City and all three State of Origin games for New South Wales. In the final two games of the series Mannah started both and was actually one of only 2 prop forwards playing for New South Wales after coach, Ricky Stuart opted for a faster, more mobile pack and played second-rowers in the prop forward position. At the end of the 2011 season, Mannah was selected by Julia Gillard to join the Prime Minister's XIII for their annual clash with the PNG Kumuls.

For the 2013 and 2014 NRL seasons, Mannah co-captained the NRL side along with fullback Jarryd Hayne. After Hayne defected to the NFL, he became the stand-alone captain in 2015.

At the end of the 2016 season, Mannah re-signed with the Parramatta Eels, keeping him at the club until the end of 2019.[10] On 11 August 2017, Mannah made his 200th NRL appearance against Newcastle.[11] In The 2018 season, Mannah was moved to the interchange bench by coach Brad Arthur after a horror start where Parramatta lost their opening six games. In Round 9 against Cronulla, Mannah suffered a fractured eye socket and was ruled out for 3–4 weeks.[12] Mannah returned to the Parramatta side for their Round 14 victory over North Queensland.[13] At the end of the 2018 season, Mannah made 18 appearances for Parramatta and scored 1 try as the club endured a horrid season on and off the field claiming its 14th wooden spoon and Mannah's third wooden spoon since beginning his first grade career with The Eels in 2009.[14][15]

For the start of the 2019 NRL season, Mannah was selected to play from the bench by coach Brad Arthur. In Round 6 2019, Mannah played from the bench as Parramatta defeated Wests Tigers 51–6 in the opening NRL game to be played at the new Western Sydney Stadium. In Round 9 2019, Mannah played from the bench as Parramatta suffered their third worst loss since coming into the competition in 1947, losing to Melbourne 64–10 at Suncorp Stadium.[16][17]

On 28 May 2019, Mannah was demoted to reserve grade by coach Brad Arthur after the club had suffered 3 disappointing losses in a row, culminating in a 16–10 loss against last placed Penrith.[18]

In June 2019, it was revealed that Mannah was on the verge of signing with the Wests Tigers for the remainder of the 2019 NRL season but the deal never materialised. On 2 September 2019, it was revealed that Mannah would be leaving Parramatta after 11 years at the club.[19][20]

For the remainder of the 2019 season, Mannah played for Parramatta's feeder club the Wentworthville Magpies in the Canterbury Cup NSW. Mannah played in Wentworthville's amazing run to the grand final as they reached the decider after finishing 8th on the table. Mannah's final game as a player came in the final against Newtown which Wentworthville lost 20–15 after extra-time at the Western Sydney Stadium.[21][22]

On 29 September 2019, Mannah was named in the 2019 Canterbury Cup NSW team of the season.[23]

See also

Jon Mannah - Tim's deceased younger brother, for whom the Johnny Mannah Cup is named. The Eels team that Tim was a part of successfully won the cup named for his brother three times: in 2013, 2014, and 2019.

References

  1. ^ Ferguson, Shawn Dollin and Andrew. "Tim Mannah – Career Stats & Summary – Rugby League Project". Rugbyleagueproject.org. Archived from the original on 5 October 2009. Retrieved 16 October 2017.
  2. ^ "League Central". Dailytelegraph.com.au. Archived from the original on 15 October 2009. Retrieved 16 October 2017.
  3. ^ "Parramatta's Tim Mannah says Eels players not distracted by salary cap rumours". ABC News. Archived from the original on 18 March 2016. Retrieved 18 March 2016.
  4. ^ "Player profile-Tim Mannah". Parraeels.com.au. Retrieved 29 August 2009.
  5. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 16 February 2011. Retrieved 2 October 2009.((cite web)): CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  6. ^ Hooper, James (23 August 2009). "Cancer scare for Mannah". The Sunday Telegraph. Archived from the original on 23 February 2012. Retrieved 29 August 2009.
  7. ^ "Storm should beware passionate, skilful Eels". Dailytelegraph.com.au. Archived from the original on 7 March 2012. Retrieved 16 October 2017.
  8. ^ "Australian Schoolboys Finish Undefeated". Queensland Rugby League. Archived from the original on 20 July 2008. Retrieved 29 August 2009.
  9. ^ "ABC Grandstand Sport - NRL Grand Final: As it happened". Australian Broadcasting Corporation. Archived from the original on 17 January 2010. Retrieved 11 June 2018.
  10. ^ "Mannah re-signs for a further three years". Zero Tackle. 21 December 2016. Archived from the original on 20 March 2017. Retrieved 19 March 2017.
  11. ^ "Tim Mannah celebrates 200 game milestone as Eels take on Knights at ANZ". Dailytelegraph. Archived from the original on 14 August 2017. Retrieved 17 May 2018.
  12. ^ "Parramatta Eels co-captain Tim Mannah suffers fractured eye socket in Sharks loss". Archived from the original on 12 June 2018. Retrieved 1 June 2018.
  13. ^ "Round 14 NRL team lists". 11 June 2018. Archived from the original on 12 June 2018. Retrieved 11 June 2018.
  14. ^ "Parramatta Eels 2018 season review". 23 October 2018. Archived from the original on 19 September 2018. Retrieved 19 September 2018.
  15. ^ "Custom Match List - Rugby League Project". Archived from the original on 31 March 2023. Retrieved 19 September 2018.
  16. ^ "With Bellyache ringing in their ears, Storm dismember woeful Eels". www.smh.com.au. 11 May 2019. Archived from the original on 13 May 2019. Retrieved 13 May 2019.
  17. ^ "Eels vs Wests Tigers – NRL match centre". Wide World of Sports. 13 May 2019. Archived from the original on 28 April 2019. Retrieved 13 May 2019.
  18. ^ "NRL Round 12 teams analysis: Brad Arthur drops four players, while Rabbitohs, Panthers forced to dig deep". www.foxsports.com.au. 28 May 2019. Archived from the original on 29 May 2019. Retrieved 28 May 2019.
  19. ^ "Eels bid farewell to NRL veteran Mannah". 7News. 2 September 2019. Archived from the original on 5 September 2019. Retrieved 5 September 2019.
  20. ^ "Mannah to remain with Eels despite Wests Tigers link". Fox Sports. Archived from the original on 5 September 2019. Retrieved 5 September 2019.
  21. ^ "233-game Parramatta Eels prop Tim Mannah hangs up his boots". Fox Sports. 28 September 2019. Archived from the original on 1 October 2019. Retrieved 1 October 2019.
  22. ^ "Newtown reign supreme in epic decider". NSWRL. 29 September 2019. Archived from the original on 2 October 2019. Retrieved 1 October 2019.
  23. ^ "2019 Canterbury Cup NSW Team of the Year". NSWRL. 29 September 2019. Archived from the original on 29 September 2019. Retrieved 8 October 2019.

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