Recruitment Warriors 2026/2027 Recruitment & Retention

Warriors 2026/2027 Recruitment and Retention Discussion​

Player	2026​	2027​	2028​	2029​	2030​
Mitchell Barnett	✔​	✔​
Rocco Berry	✔​
Tanah Boyd	✔​
Kurt Capewell	✔​
Erin Clark	✔​	✔​
Wayde Egan	✔​	✔​
Kayliss Fatialofa	✔​	✔​
James Fisher-Harris	✔​	✔​	✔​
Jackson Ford	✔​	✔​
Morgan Gannon	✔​	✔​	✔​
Leka Halasima	✔​	✔​	✔​	✔​
Chanel Harris-Tavita	✔​
Sam Healey	✔​	✔​
Eddie Ieremia-Toeava	✔​	✔​
Alofiana Khan-Pereira	✔​	✔​	✔​
Jacob Laban	✔​	✔​	✔​	✔​
Ali Leiataua	✔​	✔​
Jye Linnane	✔​	✔​	✔​
Freddy Lussick	✔​
Te Maire Martin	✔​
Haizyn Mellars	✔​	✔​	✔​
Luke Metcalf	✔​	✔​	✔​
Charnze Nicoll-Klokstad	✔​	✔​
Marata Niukore	✔​
Adam Pompey	✔​	✔​
Tanner Stowers-Smith	✔​	✔​	✔​
Taine Tuaupiki	✔​
Roger Tuivasa-Sheck	✔​
Demitric Vaimauga	✔​	✔​	✔​
Dallin Watene-Zelezniak	✔​	✔​
Jett Cleary	S​	U​
Sio Kali	U​
Braelan Marsh	U​	U​	U​
Motu Pasikala	U​	U​

✔ = Signed to Top 30, C = Club option, M = Mutual Option, P = Player option, S = Signed to supplementary list, U = Unclear

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

2027 Top 30: 21/30
2027 Supplementary: 0/6

2027 Gains: Nil
2027 Losses: Nil

Off contract and free to sign elsewhere for 2027: Rocco Berry, Tanah Boyd, Kurt Capewell, Chanel Harris-Tavita, Freddy Lussick, Te Maire Martin, Marata Niukore, Taine Tuaupiki, Roger Tuivasa-Sheck
Will be off contract and free to sign elsewhere for 2028 from November 1st, 2026: Mitchell Barnett, Erin Clark, Jett Cleary, Wayde Egan, Kayliss Fatialofa, Jackson Ford, Sam Healey, Eddie Ieremia-Toeava, Ali Leiataua, Charnze Nicoll-Klokstad, Motu Pasikala, Adam Pompey, Dallin Watene-Zelezniak

 

[Wahs_Ultras]

Daily telegraph reporting that his new contract is “almost double” that of his previous contract which was 500k/season.

 

[Tokyo Warrior]

You little beauty!!!

 

[Billyspleen75]

DT article

The Warriors have dealt a major blow to the player market with halfback Luke Metcalf inking a two-year contract extension to remain at the club.
Metcalf was set to be one of the most in demand players come November 1 with the likes of the Dragons circling. However he has decided to stay at the club for at least two more seasons.
The Warriors offered the 26-year-old a two year deal worth a little less than a million dollars a season. It is almost double what he stands to earn next year in the final year of his contract.
Metcalf had strongly been considering hitting the open market after recently having a baby and getting married. The desire to return to Australia was a consideration however he has opted to re-committed to the Warriors without exploring options elsewhere.
His season ended in round 17 because of a knee injury with Metcalf sitting on top of the Dally M leaderboard.
“Luke’s signing is really important for our club’s future,” said Warriors head coach Andrew Webster. “He showed this season the impact he had on our side and, with the right luck with injury, I know he’ll improve again and be dominant.
“I’m so happy he and his family have faith in us to go to the next level.”
Metcalf, who is in Fiji for his honeymoon, said he wants to lead the Warriors to their first title.
“I’m so lucky to have a coach like Webby (Webster) and a CEO like Cam (George) who trust and believe in me,” Metcalf said. “They gave me the chance to be a halfback and gave me the keys to the team. “They trust me to guide this team around and get to the ultimate goal that we’re chasing. That was massive for me to have that. That’s something I’ve only ever wanted in my career.”

 

[Warriorsfan92]

Daily telegraph reporting that his new contract is “almost double” that of his previous contract which was 500k/season.

They were also reporting he was off to the dragons on a 4 year deal, Aussie media don’t have a clue. regardless, 8-900k was the ballpark anyway, so makes sense.

 

[Noitall]

Daily telegraph reporting that his new contract is “almost double” that of his previous contract which was 500k/season.

Almost double would indicate a million per season since his salary was $550k. Double that would make it $1.1 million per season. It’s your team now young man, make it happen

 

[roguei]

Daily telegraph reporting that his new contract is “almost double” that of his previous contract which was 500k/season.

900k-1m for 2 extra years is not a bad deal by us. Surprised he'd back down from a rumored 1.1m for 3 years from the dragons if that's all that was offered. Think he would of gotten higher and we would of (for good reason) not gone for a 3+ year extention.

 

[Wahs_Ultras]

They were also reporting he was off to the dragons on a 4 year deal, Aussie media don’t have a clue. regardless, 8-900k was the ballpark anyway, so makes sense.

I’m just thinking we’ve gotten away with not offering him the 1 million a season

 

[Inruin]

900k-1m for 2 extra years is not a bad deal by us. Surprised he'd back down from a rumored 1.1m for 3 years from the dragons if that's all that was offered. Think he would of gotten higher and we would of (for good reason) not gone for a 3+ year extention.

I think its a fair deal for both parties, all things considered.

I also think the market would have indicated that as well.

 

[Noitall]

DT article

The Warriors have dealt a major blow to the player market with halfback Luke Metcalf inking a two-year contract extension to remain at the club.
Metcalf was set to be one of the most in demand players come November 1 with the likes of the Dragons circling. However he has decided to stay at the club for at least two more seasons.
The Warriors offered the 26-year-old a two year deal worth a little less than a million dollars a season. It is almost double what he stands to earn next year in the final year of his contract.
Metcalf had strongly been considering hitting the open market after recently having a baby and getting married. The desire to return to Australia was a consideration however he has opted to re-committed to the Warriors without exploring options elsewhere.
His season ended in round 17 because of a knee injury with Metcalf sitting on top of the Dally M leaderboard.
“Luke’s signing is really important for our club’s future,” said Warriors head coach Andrew Webster. “He showed this season the impact he had on our side and, with the right luck with injury, I know he’ll improve again and be dominant.
“I’m so happy he and his family have faith in us to go to the next level.”
Metcalf, who is in Fiji for his honeymoon, said he wants to lead the Warriors to their first title.
“I’m so lucky to have a coach like Webby (Webster) and a CEO like Cam (George) who trust and believe in me,” Metcalf said. “They gave me the chance to be a halfback and gave me the keys to the team. “They trust me to guide this team around and get to the ultimate goal that we’re chasing. That was massive for me to have that. That’s something I’ve only ever wanted in my career.”

If it’s a little less than a million a season, that’s a great outcome for the club

 

[Canonball]

"Was always going to be here" :


View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ih7JdrZgHOw

 

[Inruin]

@Tookey 2.0 good to see Luke has resigned

 

[Noitall]

"Was always going to be here" :


View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ih7JdrZgHOw

Brought tears to my eyes. Massive endorsement for Webster and Metcalf’s Mrs. Genuinely thought he was gone

 

[roguei]

"Was always going to be here" :


View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ih7JdrZgHOw

He gives 3 sentances to his family loving NZ and how the coaching staff supports that. And then the final 1 min is just "I want to win it all here, i'm gonna do anything to win it all here".

 

[Warriors55]

That is awesome news!!!!!!!

 

[Spence]

One thing I love about Luke being here is that is he is an out and out footy head, he lives and breathes the game - it’s an important thing to have in the squad. Going back a decade I would be surprised if half the squad even watched other NRL games.

 

[tajhay]

One thing I love about Luke being here is that is he is an out and out footy head, he lives and breathes the game - it’s an important thing to have in the squad. Going back a decade I would be surprised if half the team even watched other NRL games.

Dont even need to go back a decade. Remember when Walsh was here and how he was surprised noone else in the team watched any NRL games?

And Walsh was the rookie...

 

[Wrighty]

Brought tears to my eyes. Massive endorsement for Webster and Metcalf’s Mrs

I started tearing up too!! By I cry at anything. Hairs on my arm raised when he said he would leave no stone unturned to win a premiership for New Zealand.

 

[3rdstriker]

Its Great news having Metcalf resigning on, a real testament to the club, the culture from the head down i guess.
I doubt Former Warriors teams would've been able to secure that signature,
Now its rest and rehabilitation because he has great potential and if he stays injury free then we're likely to play finals again.

 

[Tookey 2.0]

@Tookey 2.0 good to see Luke has resigned

Quick, go change the link and you'll look like Nostradamus

 

[Wellington Warrior]

Obviously been sitting on this news for a while. Video they posted on social media signing the contract he wasn’t wearing his wedding ring… so assume sometime a few weeks ago!

Regardless… fricken awesome news!!