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

 

[defensivebomb]

A big part of this has to come down to how good Webster is

 

[Warriorsfan92]

This actually feels like a joke. This is HUGE get for the club.

 

[juju]

I've never experienced such a staggering signing.

I literally stared at my phone for 10mins in disbelief

 

[snake77]

We have quite a few injuries at the moment. He'd be pretty useful.

It would be pretty checky that he's already been released 2 years early to ask if we could take our new toy for a test drive.

 

[JustVisiting82]

WTF I love compassionate releases now.

 

[afakasi247]

This actually feels like a joke. This is HUGE get for the club.

I first saw on Twitter and I thought it was a troll account

 

[WahsaurusRex]

 

[Stalefish540]

The next Warriors Captain after Tohu Harris retires?

Warriors and Kiwis captain JFH.

Everybody loved that

 

[davidmckay1974]

Kiwi prop James Fisher-Harris will depart the Panthers at the end of the 2024 season after the premiership-winning club agreed to release their star forward from the remaining two years of his contract.

The Panthers revealed in a statement on Wednesday that the 2023 Golden Boot Winner approached the club this week with a request to return home to New Zealand following the 2024 season on compassionate grounds.


Out of respect to the three-time premiership player, Panthers saw it only fitting to grant this request and release the 28-year-old for the 2025 and 2025 season.

“Fish has been exceptional for the Panthers, both on and off the field,” Panthers coach Ivan Cleary said in the statement.

“The leadership and cultural impact he has displayed since coming into first grade has been outstanding. He’s evolved into one of the game’s elite players, and coaching him has been a pleasure.

“While we would have loved him to stay at the Panthers, we wish him, his partner Natalie, and children Tahira and Deon all the best for their next chapter.”

Since making his NRL debut in 2016, Fisher-Harris has played 183 NRL games for the Panthers, four matches for the Maori All Stars and 15 Test matches for New Zealand.

 

[Tohu’s_Knees]

Griffin Neame also liked the post on instagram. Dare to dream lads.

 

[cero_stars]

its pretty obvious another high quality player wanting to come play along side the BERRYSIAH

ALL HAIL BERRYSIAH

in all seriousness we got a marquee replacement for AFB. blown away.......

 

[davidmckay1974]

Now we need to re-sign Barnett, Capewell and Walker and what a team.

 

[snake77]

It goes to show when a club needs to sign a player looking at the off-contract list isn't really necessary.

Sometimes something might work out with a player under contract.

 

[BrisbaneWarrior]

Fark me!!!! So good to be a Warriors fan rn

 

[Tookey 2.0]

Wow wow wow.

Best signing of all time?
If he's not, then he's up there. AFB, Tohu, Price, RTS and JFH imo.

Do we know if they've requested any of our juniors or players? Hope we don't lost Laban, Zyon Maiu’u, Ali or Halasima.

 

[FormerlyJamesW]

Oh. My. Fucking. God.

 

[Stalefish540]

I actually don't know what to do with this much unexpected excitement.

Going for a run to calm down.

 

[BrisbaneWarrior]

Did Ivan do us a solid too?

I think he talks very favourably about the Warriors

 

[Tookey 2.0]

I actually don't know what to do with this much unexpected excitement.

Going for a run to calm down.

Working til 730pm. They can fuck right off if they think I'm doing any work after this!

 

[FormerlyJamesW]

Were not actually getting JFH, right?

Like, this is a joke, yeah?

I suppose he is Triple initial chad...