Tim Mannah

Tim Mannah

Tim Mannah playing for the Parramatta Eels
Personal information
Born	(1988-02-15) 15 February 1988 Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Height	184 cm (6 ft 0 in)
Weight	110 kg (17 st 5 lb)
Playing information
Position	prop
Club
Years	Team	Pld	T	G	FG	P
2009–	Parramatta Eels	165	4	0	0	16
Representative
Years	Team	Pld	T	G	FG	P
2010–13	City Origin	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
Source: RLP, LC

Tim Mannah (born 15 February 1988, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia) is an Australian professional rugby league footballer of Lebanese descent currently playing for the Parramatta Eels of the National Rugby League (NRL).^[1]

Early life

He primarily plays at prop.^[2] Mannah attended Christian Community High School, an independent secondary school situated in the Sydney suburb of Regents Park. He graduated in 2006.^[3] He played his junior rugby with the Guildford Owls.

Junior career

In 2006, Mannah represented and co-captained the Australian Schoolboys national rugby league team where he scored two tries against the French Juniors side.^[4]

Mannah also became the first player to captain a Parramatta Eels' side in the revamped NYC Toyota Cup competition in 2008.^[5]

First grader career

In round 1 of the 2009 season, Mannah made his NRL first grade debut for Parramatta Eels against the New Zealand Warriors at Mt Smart Stadium.^[6]

Mannah is regarded by many as a potential future leader of the Parramatta first grade side^[7][8] His brother, Jon Mannah, played for the Sharks from between 2009 to 2011.^[9]

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.

Representative career

In 2010, Mannah played for the 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.

References

External links

• Player profile
• League Central profile
• Rugby League Project