Recruitment Warriors 2025/2026 Recruitment & Retention

Warriors 2025/2026 Recruitment & Retention Discussion​

-	Player	2025	2026	2027	2028	2029
1	Bunty Afoa	✔
2	Tom Ale	✔
3	Mitchell Barnett	✔	✔	✔
4	Rocco Berry	✔	✔
5	Tanah Boyd	✔	✔
6	Kurt Capewell	✔	✔
7	Erin Clark	✔	✔	✔
8	Wayde Egan	✔	✔	✔
9	James Fisher-Harris	✔	✔	✔	✔
10	Jackson Ford	✔	✔	✔
11	Leka Halasima	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔
12	Morgan Harper	✔
13	Chanel Harris-Tavita	✔	✔
14	Sam Healey	✔	✔	✔
15	Edward Kosi	✔
16	Jacob Laban	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔
17	Ali Leiataua	✔	✔	✔
18	Jye Linnane	✔	✔	✔	✔
19	Freddy Lussick	✔	✔
20	Te Maire Martin	✔
21	Luke Metcalf	✔	✔
22	Charnze Nicoll-Klokstad	✔	✔	✔
23	Marata Niukore	✔	✔
24	Adam Pompey	✔	✔	✔
25	Tanner Stowers-Smith	✔	✔	✔
26	Taine Tuaupiki	✔	✔
27	Roger Tuivasa-Sheck	✔	✔
28	Demitric Vaimauga	✔	✔	✔	✔
29	Dallin Watene-Zelezniak	✔	✔	✔
S1	Kayliss Fatialofa	S
S2	Kalani Going	S
S3	Luke Hanson	S
S4	Eddie Ieremia-Toeava	S	✔	✔
S5	Sio Kali	S
S6	Patrick Moimoi	S
-	Kahu Capper	T	T
-	Jett Cleary	T	S	S
-	Morgan Gannon	-	✔	✔	✔
-	Jye Linnane	-	✔	✔	✔
-	Motu Pasikala	T	?	?

C = Club option, M = Mutual option, P = Player option, S = Supplementary contract, T = Train & Trial contract

Confirmed Top 30 2025: 29/30
Confirmed Supplementary 2025: 6/6

Confirmed Top 30 2026: 26/30
Confirmed Supplementary 2026: 1/6

2026 Gains: Morgan Gannon (Leeds Rhinos)
2026 Losses: Nil

Off Contract: Bunty Afoa, Tom Ale, Morgan Harper, Edward Kosi, Te Maire Martin
Can negotiate with others clubs from 01/11/25 (final year) : Rocco Berry, Tanah Boyd, Kurt Capewell, Chanel Harris-Tavita, Freddy Lussick, Luke Metcalf, Marata Niukore, Taine Tuaupiki, Roger Tuivasa-Sheck

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[CWC]

What the...


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[Christchurch_Warrior]

What the...


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Chevy Stewart looked good when playing the U19 Origin last year.

Five Star Chevy

Chevy Stewart puts in a stella performance for the U19s Blues

www.nrl.com

Also remember his debut wasn't that bad. Has some acceleration. Not sure we are after him as didn't the same guy say we were getting Manu?

 

[sydneywarrior92]

Since we are throwing names out there for wing/center. There is a young center debuting for Cronulla tonight. Chris Vea'ila is his name and he is a young kiwi who has been murdering in the NSW cup for the Jets. Was a big reason why the Jets beat us in round 5 for our only loss in cup. He has a huge work rate in the middle and is a great finisher. He'd be great in our system. I'd be giving him a ring:


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[watcher]

One guy who has seemed to have dropped off the radar is Joey Manu.

 

[Christchurch_Warrior]

One guy who has seemed to have dropped off the radar is Joey Manu.

He signed to Racing 92 for the 25 - 26 season. Likely to go to Rugby 360 after that.

 

[Sammyw]

couple days late but im shocked people are seriously suggesting gannon at 13 over clarke... clarke is on the verge of being the dally m 13 of the season lol

 

[Tookey 2.0]

Since we are throwing names out there for wing/center. There is a young center debuting for Cronulla tonight. Chris Vea'ila is his name and he is a young kiwi who has been murdering in the NSW cup for the Jets. Was a big reason why the Jets beat us in round 5 for our only loss in cup. He has a huge work rate in the middle and is a great finisher. He'd be great in our system. I'd be giving him a ring:


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Do you know something we don't?

Barney just posted this on his insta, I wouldn't have thought they had any overlap at any stage? Born in Auckland too

 

[The Warrior Waka]

Do you know something we don't?

Barney just posted this on his insta, I wouldn't have thought they had any overlap at any stage? Born in Auckland too
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Why would Barney share this? Unless he was a Knighrs junior when Barney was there? Otherwise, Welcome to the club young fulla!

 

[Theking267]

He was a Knights junior when Barney was there

 

[Dannevegas]

how tf did we let this guy escape. To keep edward? Probably.

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[Naynay]

how tf did we let this guy escape. To keep edward? Probably.

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Left for Rabbits in 2021 would assume he wasn’t interested in sticking around when we weren’t doing well or didnt wanna do the bubble, might he one to keep an eye on when his contract ends

 

[Teets]

Since we are throwing names out there for wing/center. There is a young center debuting for Cronulla tonight. Chris Vea'ila is his name and he is a young kiwi who has been murdering in the NSW cup for the Jets. Was a big reason why the Jets beat us in round 5 for our only loss in cup. He has a huge work rate in the middle and is a great finisher. He'd be great in our system. I'd be giving him a ring:


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Jake White another Kiwi kid at the Sharks worth keeping tabs on. Made Aussie schoolboys, which doesn't guarantee success by any means but is often a springboard to big things.

 

[The Warrior Waka]

He was a Knights junior when Barney was there

Ok, I was totally guessing. But I'll take it

 

[Hazza]

how tf did we let this guy escape. To keep edward? Probably.

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Who is this

 

[sup42]

couple days late but im shocked people are seriously suggesting gannon at 13 over clarke... clarke is on the verge of being the dally m 13 of the season lol

I thought people are talking about Gannon for the minutes Clark is off the field.

Also I think it is crazy to think that only the thirteen can be the ball playing forward (this is where some have suggested at some future point that Dimitric and Gannon share the Locking role while Clark goes to Prop.

So in actual fact, since Gannon is playing edge forward as I type, and was signed for Walkers role (the ball player that plays when the starting Lock rests) they are actually talking about Dimitric replacing CLark not Gannon.

Lastly as I said in the Dimitric thread, what this team wants, is for both ball playing forwards to be on the park at the same time, to bring back the forward inter passing Tohu and Walker carried.

For that to happen you would leave Dimitric as a bench Lock forward, he is better suited to the middle anyway, and play Gannon on an edge with Leka on the other.

 

[CWC]

For that to happen you would leave Dimitric as a bench Lock forward, he is better suited to the middle anyway, and play Gannon on an edge with Leka on the other.

Then we have 5 young second rowers all at once

And if Riki’s teasing, I am wondering if he’s coming in 2028, since he’s contracted to 2027. He’ll be 28 by then, a straight swap for Barney when he retires or move to Perth, and Fish is aging, to fill the leadership veteran role, he’s 190cm 105kg, probably perfect to convert to prop by that age.

 

[sup42]

Chevy Stewart looked good when playing the U19 Origin last year.

Five Star Chevy

Chevy Stewart puts in a stella performance for the U19s Blues

www.nrl.com

Also remember his debut wasn't that bad. Has some acceleration. Not sure we are after him as didn't the same guy say we were getting Manu?

I would be shocked if we signed him, mind you we did get Reece Walsh here another at the time potential Star player.

I just....I dunno, am a bit wary of getting excited about rumors that has every thing we are looking for. Seems too good to be true.

Fast, elusive, brains, passes, fearless, try stopping defender, tackle breaks, can go the length of the field, Center fullback utlity.

I hope it is true that we are chasing him even if we don't sign him, because it proves Cappy is looking for a potential super star junior strike player.

He is twenty, so ready to be pushing for NRL if we signed him.


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