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

 

[Noitall]

In a world like ours where things are grey and often ambiguous then it could be like a swap where the Sharks forgo any attempt to re-sign BHU and actively encourage him to join the warriors with their non pursuit of a new signature being the compensation they offer the warriors.

Would love a world where the sharks say in order for you to let us sign AFB for 2025, we release BHU to you from 2024 onwards. Like Gabrielle said, dreams can come true, you know you’ve got to have em, you know you’ve got to be strong.

 

[Fizurg]

I feel we need to effectively forget about the Sharks. They have AFBs contract for 2025 and the Warriors have said no player swap. The Sharks owe the Warriors nothing and have shown with Metcalf they are happy to play hardball. As of now they are just one of 16 possible teams to recruit from.

 

[Noitall]

I feel we need to effectively forget about the Sharks. They have AFBs contract for 2025 and the Warriors have said no player swap. The Sharks owe the Warriors nothing and have shown with Metcalf they are happy to play hardball. As of now they are just one of 16 possible teams to recruit from.

I’d say so too, they obviously wouldn’t give up who we wanted and BHU is off contract at the end of 2024 if they wanted to pursue him anyway.

 

[Worried2Death]

In a world like ours where things are grey and often ambiguous then it could be like a swap where the Sharks forgo any attempt to re-sign BHU and actively encourage him to join the warriors with their non pursuit of a new signature being the compensation they offer the warriors.

Could be right there, he might have told them he wants to come home so they haven't resigned him.

 

[Noitall]

Could be right there, he might have told them he wants to come home so they haven't resigned him.

It is the true length of his contract until the end of 2024, with AFB heading there they might be happy to let BHU go with the upgrade of AFB heading there?

 

[watcher]

Bunny, Ale, Barnett, AFB, Tohu, Marata, as seasoned Prop choices, then during the season we have Zyon Maiu’u, Laban and Sifakula coming through. At 28 Halasima might be a year early. I say see how next season stacks up with resources we already have before signing what appear to be fairly ordinary on offer

 

[tyrael]

Can AFBs deal bust if we don't find a suitable replacement from any team?

 

[JaggedJ]

Can AFBs deal bust if we don't find a suitable replacement from any team?

I think it's gone beyond that stage.

 

[Noitall]

Can AFBs deal bust if we don't find a suitable replacement from any team?

For all we know they’ve got it all sorted? David long in his last article was fairly complimentary in his article where he said Warriors don’t necessarily need a trade to come out of the deal in a good situation. He tends to have a bit of an idea what’s going a bit of the time, or so it seems.

 

[The Warrior Waka]

The Sharks owe the Warriors nothing and have shown with Metcalf they are happy to play hardball.

AFB had 3 more years to run on his contract. "24 "25 "26. So he signed to the Sharks for 2025 & that's that? I think there's more to it that we don't know about. And they still owe us something or someone? Or did they buy out the entirety of his contract?

 

[Noitall]

AFB had 3 more years to run on his contract. "24 "25 "26. So he signed to the Sharks for 2025 & that's that? I think there's more to it that we don't know about. And they still owe us something or someone? Or did they buy out the entirety of his contract?

Think there might have been a transfer fee? But there were reports around the place saying CG had stated that they would address it in the new year too?

 

[The Warrior Waka]

Think there might have been a transfer fee? But there were reports around the place saying CG had stated that they would address it in the new year too?

Well we'd like to know soon! So the speculation stops. And we move on. Or, If it's a shitty deal. We moan like fuck for the rest of the year lol.

 

[tyrael]

AFB had 3 more years to run on his contract. "24 "25 "26. So he signed to the Sharks for 2025 & that's that? I think there's more to it that we don't know about. And they still owe us something or someone? Or did they buy out the entirety of his contract?

Didn't he sign for 4 years?

 

[The Warrior Waka]

Didn't he sign for 4 years?

I can't remember. 3 or 4 years

 

[tyrael]

I

I can't remember. 3 or 4 years

I meant he signed for for sharks for 4 years from 2025.

 

[Fizurg]

AFB had 3 more years to run on his contract. "24 "25 "26. So he signed to the Sharks for 2025 & that's that? I think there's more to it that we don't know about. And they still owe us something or someone? Or did they buy out the entirety of his contract?

All that means nothing when he’s been released by the Warriors and signed to the Sharks. There has been mention of a transfer fee and we would have no idea what’s actually happening behind closed doors.

 

[tajhay]

I

I meant he signed for for sharks for 4 years from 2025.

Yes that's correct 25, 26, 27, 28

 

[The Warrior Waka]

All that means nothing when he’s been released by the Warriors and signed to the Sharks. There has been mention of a transfer fee and we would have no idea what’s actually happening behind closed doors.

It means nothing because no one has any idea lol. So it's all speculation for now. I can speculate, You can speculate, No one has any idea until the club releases more details. If they even do.

 

[wizard of Tauranga]

At 28 Halasima might be a year early.

I had big hopes for that guy and followed his development.

Seems like just yesterday he was a teenager. How the decades roll by…

 

[watcher]

I had big hopes for that guy and followed his development.

Seems like just yesterday he was a teenager. How the decades roll by…

fat fingers on the keyboard sorry