A precious two competition points and the Steve Rogers Memorial Trophy are on offer on Saturday afternoon.
Match: Sharks v Sea Eagles
Round 6 -
home Team
Sharks
9th Position
away Team
Sea Eagles
8th Position
Venue: Optus Stadium
An Immortal of the Cronulla Sharks, Rogers played 202 first grade games and led the Sharks in the 1978 grand final and grand final replay against the Sea Eagles.
Rogers represented NSW 21 times and Australia 24 times. He had many good friends at the Sea Eagles in Immortal Bob Fulton and Max Krilich through the Kangaroos tours.
As a mark of respect for a league giant, the Sharks and Sea Eagles have played for the Cup since Rogers' tragic passing in 2006 aged 51.
The Steve Rogers Memorial Trophy was first played in March 2006 and had been played for each time the teams met up until the end of the 2010 season.
The trophy was then only contested just once a season at the current holders’ home ground should both clubs be drawn to play each other twice.
Cronulla got their hands back on the Steve Rogers Memorial Trophy in September last year with a 40-20 victory at 4 Pines Park.
Rogers also spent plenty of time in Perth where Saturday’s match will be played, after being appointed as the inaugural Football Manager at the now defunct Western Reds in 1995.
The Rogers family will be on hand to present the trophy to the winners at Optus Stadium on Saturday afternoon.
Steve Rogers Memorial Trophy
Matches played: 30 (Manly 21, Cronulla 9)
2024, Rd 27: Cronulla 40 d Manly 20
2023, Rd 11: Cronulla 20 d Manly 14, Rd 21: Manly 30 d Cronulla 26
2022, Rd 7: Cronulla 34 d Manly 22, Rd 23: Cronulla 40 d Manly 6
2021, Rd 20: Manly 40 d Cronulla 22
2020, Rd 7: Cronulla 40 d Manly 22
2019, Rd 10: Manly 24 d Cronulla 14
2018, Rd 21: Manly 33 d Cronulla 32
2017, Rd 16: Manly 35 d Cronulla 18
2016, Rd 3: Manly 22 d Cronulla 12, Rd 11: Cronulla 20 d Manly 12
2015, Rd 26: Manly 14 d Cronulla 12; Rd 17, Manly 28 d Cronulla 16.
2014, Rd 6: Manly 24 d Cronulla 4, Rd 15: Manly 26 d Cronulla 0
2013, Rd 6: Manly 25 d Cronulla 18; SF: Manly 24 d Cronulla 18
2012, Rd 3: Cronulla 17 d Manly 14
2011, Rd 5: Manly 19 d Cronulla 13
2010, Rd 5: Manly 40 d Cronulla 12; Rd 19: Manly 48 d Cronulla 18
2009, Rd 19: Manly 32 d Cronulla 26: Rd 25: Manly 18 d Cronulla 16
2008, Rd 1: Cronulla 16 d Manly 10, Rd 18: Manly 34 d Cronulla 6
2007, Rd 19: Manly 29 d Cronulla 22
2006, Rd 3: Manly 20 d Cronulla 18, Rd 16 Cronulla 15 d Manly 12
