Recruitment Warriors 2024/2025 Recruitment & Retention

Warriors 2024/2025 Recruitment & Retention Discussion
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-​	Player​	2024​	2025​	2026​	2027​	2028​
1	Bunty Afoa	✔	✔
2	Tom Ale	✔	✔
3	Mitchell Barnett	✔	✔	✔	✔
4	The Greatest of All-Time	✔	✔	✔
5	Kurt Capewell	✔	✔	✔
6	Wayde Egan	✔	✔	✔	✔
7	Addin Fonua-Blake	✔
8	Jackson Ford	✔	✔
9	Leka Halasima	✔	✔	✔	✔
10	Tohu Harris	✔	✔
11	Chanel Harris-Tavita	✔	✔	M
12	Shaun Johnson	✔
13	Edward Kosi	✔	✔
14	Jacob Laban	✔	✔	✔
15	Ali Leiataua	✔	✔
16	Freddy Lussick	✔	✔	✔
17	Zyon Maiu’u	✔	✔	✔
18	Te Maire Martin	✔	✔
19	Luke Metcalf	✔	✔	✔
20	Marcelo Montoya	✔	✔
21	Charnze Nicoll-Klokstad	✔	✔
22	Marata Niukore	✔	✔	✔
23	Adam Pompey	✔	✔
24	Demitric Sifakula	✔	✔	C
25	Jazz Tevaga	✔
26	Taine Tuaupiki	✔	✔
27	Roger Tuivasa-Sheck	✔	✔	✔
28	Dylan Walker	✔	✔
29	Dallin Watene-Zelezniak	✔	✔
D1	Ben Farr	D
D2	Etuane Fukofuka	D
D3	Patrick Moimoi	D
D4	Tanner Stowers-Smith	D	D
-	Jett Cleary	-	D	D	D
-	James Fisher-Harris	-	✔	✔	✔	✔
-	Kalani Going	-	D
-	Motu Pasikala	-	✔	✔	✔

key: C = Club option, M = Mutual option, P = Player option, D = Development contract

Confirmed Top 30 2024: 29/30
Confirmed Development 2024: 4/6

Confirmed Top 30 2025: 28/30
Confirmed Development 2025: 4/6

2025 Gains: James Fisher-Harris (Panthers), Jett Cleary (Panthers Pathways), Kahu Capper (Roosters Pathways)
2025 Losses: Addin Fonua-Blake (Sharks), Jazz Tevaga (Contract Expired), Shaun Johnson (Retirement)
2025 Off Contract: Nil

 

[Falcon]

I’d now back our club to replace AFB with a good player on less $$ and make him better.

 

[UpTheWahs]

I’d now back our club to replace AFB with a good player on less $$ and make him better.

Sounding a bit like the Storm and the Panthers. Who woulda thought!

 

[BangBro's (still banging)]

Can the warriors offer more money for AFB ti stay? I mean surely his wife has to consider living in Auckland if her hubby is the bread winner.

 

[Up the guttz]

Can the warriors offer more money for AFB ti stay? I mean surely his wife has to consider living in Auckland if her hubby is the bread winner.

Haha bid against ourselves to win a contract we already own. A few years ago I wouldn’t put it past us

 

[Noitall]

Can the warriors offer more money for AFB ti stay? I mean surely his wife has to consider living in Auckland if her hubby is the bread winner.

You should take one for the team and become chocolate brownie security for mrs AFB so she gets the orders paid for by shit NZers mucking her around.

 

[Noitall]

Haha bid against ourselves to win a contract we already own. A few years ago I wouldn’t put it past us

You’d associate that with the tigers at the moment. They’ve let Junior Tupou go to dolphins. Thought he looked alright.

 

[jonesy101]

Can the warriors offer more money for AFB ti stay? I mean surely his wife has to consider living in Auckland if her hubby is the bread winner.

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wV9jXiyZzH0

 

[UpTheWahs]

Can the warriors offer more money for AFB ti stay? I mean surely his wife has to consider living in Auckland if her hubby is the bread winner.

Too late bro, she wears the pants and loves reminding everyone that!

 

[marv.]

Can the warriors offer more money for AFB ti stay? I mean surely his wife has to consider living in Auckland if her hubby is the bread winner.

wouldn’t need to if everyone would just pay for their damn cookies.

 

[BangBro's (still banging)]

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wV9jXiyZzH0

Thank you Jonesy!

 

[kos]

Hunt purchased a house at bangalow (west of byron bay- bout an hour south of the gc) about 6 months ago- I only know that because I have a mate who lives there and meet him at a cafe- said he was desperate to get out of sydney.

I was there the last two Saturday mornings buying stuff at the farmers market followed by brunch at the Bangalow pub

It’s a 80 minute drive on a good commute from Bangalow to Titans training at Parkwood roughly 100 kms very do able.

Houses at Bangalow start at 1.4 mill $A.

 

[Defence]

I was there the last two Saturday mornings buying stuff at the farmers market followed by brunch at the Bangalow pub

It’s a 80 minute drive on a good commute from Bangalow to Titans training at Parkwood roughly 100 kms very do able.

Houses at Bangalow start at 1.4 mill $A.

Yeah the name always gives me a chortle. I tease my mate that he only lives there coz he likes to bang lows
Yes I'm very immature.
Seriously couldn't see the titans letting Mo go though (hey that rhymes).

 

[Noitall]

Seriously couldn't see the titans letting Mo go though (hey that rhymes).

Issac Liu?

 

[kos]

Yeah the name always gives me a chortle. I tease my mate that he only lives there coz he likes to bang lows
Yes I'm very immature.
Seriously couldn't see the titans letting Mo go though (hey that rhymes).

That pubs good
It does breakfast 7 am on on the Saturday to line with the market
Great coffee good service not overloaded with customers
The cafe down the road is overloaded super expensive a typical wankfest
Mo won’t go
His family is all up in Logan
Home is Qld

Our main air con died today week from Xmas 23 years old not repairable
Prob wait a month for a new one to be installed and get royally reamed

Amazing how air con picks the wrong time to die

Was down your way Saturday doing grog delivery was 35 degrees

 

[kos]

Issac Liu?

Is his wife an Aussie or Kiwi?

 

[Noitall]

Is his wife an Aussie or Kiwi?

Not sure, was just taking the piss after he was speculated to be coming over last year. Joliffe not a bad player? They’ve actually got a solid prop rotation in Tino, Fotuaika, Palasia, Joliffe.

 

[watcher]

The metric for a million dollar prop are pretty obvious eh.

Anyone that can play past the arbitrary sub off twenty minute marker, who can dominate for their whole running time is a million dollar prop.

And since in our sport the Athletes are really dumb only five have worked out that having a big motor is worth millions.

We will not find like for like, because the sport is bereft of a genuine fitness guys with big bodies and the AFB signing was a pay max price for an Australian in one of the most expensive positions in the game at the elite end.

The thing that does my head in is that these big motors are not genetic.

They are a training created thing which anyone can reach if they have it between their ears to be not afraid of cardio. Most big boys in our sport like that they don't have to do cardio like a hooker or back row forward.

That needs to change.

Maybe I need to open a camp for turning big boys into million dollar players based off hitting metrics.

The Warriors should basically throw out the old NSW cup prep model and forget wins and losses in the cup, re prioritize work ons to have cardio at the top.

You have hit the nail on the head. I guess the most important things are the attitude of the players and the skill sets and knowledge of the Coach/Trainer. At Manchester United Sir Alex Fergusson believed that work ethic and determination is a skill, just as much as speed and handling skills.

Coaches need to control what they can. Fitness is one thing that can be controlled.

 

[Noitall]

Dearden stays at cowboys until 2029. Wonder if flanagan would go after Chad Townsend who he won a title at the sharks with and let Ben hunt go?

 

[Tragic]

You have hit the nail on the head. I guess the most important things are the attitude of the players and the skill sets and knowledge of the Coach/Trainer. At Manchester United Sir Alex Fergusson believed that work ethic and determination is a skill, just as much as speed and handling skills.

Coaches need to control what they can. Fitness is one thing that can be controlled.

I read a part of a book a year or so back about what made people successful, it was based on a study from a university, Harvard i think. It was pretty interesting as the only attribute that was a predictor of success was Grit, so being able to get knocked down by coming back with intent and not giving up. The study was done on sports people, corporates everything; was a lot in there about Marines and special forces as they spend a lot of money on picking people and training them up; they had spent a hell of a lot setting up a process to pick the best of the best to get to elite special forces - none of it worked, their picks dropped out at same rate as random picks - the ones that lasted were often not the best at anything but they had grit - which was tough to see/ pick. I would call it mental fortitude and will to win, they get knocked down but they get up again.

 

[Tokyo Warrior]

AFB to the Sharks

https://www.stuff.co.nz/sport/leagu...lake-to-join-sharks-warriors-agree-to-release