Manly-Warringah 24–0 Cronulla-Sutherland — Preliminary Final, 1996 NRL Finals Series
22 Sep 1996 · Sydney Football Stadium, Sydney, NSW · Attendance: 40,525
Data last verified: 11 August 2026.
Preliminary Final, 1996 NRL finals series: Manly-Warringah 24–0 Cronulla-Sutherland, at Sydney Football Stadium, Sydney, NSW on 22 Sep 1996.
Sourcing caveat: Confirmed named scorers total Manly 16 of 24 points (8 short, roughly 2 further tries not attributable to a named player from the source). Cronulla's recorded score of 0 matches exactly — a genuine scoreless performance, not a data gap.
Scorers
| Manly-Warringah | Tries: Steve Menzies (2) Goals: Craig Innes (3/3); Matthew Ridge (1/1) |
| Cronulla-Sutherland | No scorers recorded. |
Team sheets
| Manly-Warringah | Cronulla-Sutherland | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Matthew Ridge | Fullback | David Peachey | 1 |
| 2 | Danny Moore | Wing | Mat Rogers | 2 |
| 3 | Craig Innes | Centre | Andrew Ettingshausen (c) | 3 |
| 4 | Terry Hill | Centre | Paul Donaghy | 4 |
| 5 | John Hopoate | Wing | Richie Barnett | 5 |
| 6 | Nik Kosef | Five-Eighth | Mitch Healey | 6 |
| 7 | Geoff Toovey (c) | Halfback | Paul Green | 7 |
| 8 | Owen Cunningham | Prop | Craig Greenhill | 8 |
| 9 | Jim Serdaris | Hooker | Dean Treister | 9 |
| 10 | Mark Carroll | Prop | Les Davidson | 10 |
| 11 | Steve Menzies | Second Row | Andrew Pierce | 11 |
| 12 | Daniel Gartner | Second Row | Nathan Long | 12 |
| 13 | David Gillespie | Lock | Tawera Nikau | 13 |
| Substitutes | ||||
| 14 | Cliff Lyons | Gavin Jones | 14 | |
| 15 | Neil Tierney | Dave Boughton | 15 | |
| 16 | Craig Hancock | Adam Dykes | 16 | |
| 17 | Des Hasler | Allan Bateman | 17 | |
| Bob Fulton | Coach | John Lang | ||
Match officials
| Referee | David Manson |
Match report
Halftime 6-0 to Manly. This was a shutout for Cronulla, who did not score.