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

 

[WarriorsForever]

NAS talk has overrun the panthers forum now

 

[BabylonPink]

Eat a fat fucking cock BHU

 

[Kav1]

JFH signing is massive news ! Needed that with AFB moving on.

Is he bringing Moses LOL

Yeah in a basket strapped on his back

 

[Te Mana-wah]

The NZ warriors servers right now - holding on for dear life. The news has just about broken the internet! Up the wahs!

 

[John Nick]

My missus is gonna get it when she gets home. Celebrate! Best 1min 10 secs of her life!

Skite.

 

[Cces]

Barnett
Egan
JFH
Niukore
Capewell
Harris


How does that forward pack look for next year?

Looks like a great starting pack but I think Niukore will remain at #15 to balance out the middle rotation

 

[The Warrior Waka]

Skite.

I know hone, That extra 10 secs is pushing my cardio a lot.

 

[Stalefish540]

Chuck Niukore in there and if Halasima or Zyon Maiu’u have a bit of agro about them we could absolutely have a mongrel squad in 18 months

I would love nothing more than for us to have a mongrel pack that just goes out and straight bullies teams.

 

[The Warrior Waka]

I'm still gonna miss Addin. But this softens the blow a little.

 

[Boats n Hoes]

Surely this means Johnson signs for another year too?

 

[Cces]

How does this signing compare to getting Steve Price's signature?

 

[The Warrior Waka]

Thank fuck we didn't sign BHU lol.

 

[Peachey2023]

How good best like for like replacement we could get and proud kiwi too

 

[WA Warrior]

How does this signing compare to getting Steve Price's signature?

Personally Pricey will always be my number 1 signing of all time.

 

[Dlenai]

1. CNK
2. DWZ
3. Berry
4. RTS
5. Montoya
6. TMM/Metcalf
7. SJ
8. JFH
9. Egan
10. Barnett
11. Ford
12. Capewell
13. Tohu

14. Dylan Walker
15. Niukore
16. Jazz/Zyon Maiu’u/Laban/Ale?
17. CHT?

 

[Stalefish540]

How does this signing compare to getting Steve Price's signature?

It has a more personal feeling because he's the current Kiwis captain and would die for that jersey

 

[Bushman]

Damm cooked up lunch (BLT)
put on Dr Boondigga and the big BW (BBW)
by Fat Freddy's Drop (FFD)
Track 5 Pull the catch (PTC)
Open this site and we got JFH

 

[Kav1]

Great signing! Came out of nowhere.

Comparing his stats to AFB though, AFB still comes out way on top.

Lets look at last 3 years running metres. Last record is career ave.

JFH
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AFB
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Still stoked about the signing.

So im assuming we take over his 25,26 contract at around 800k and then probably gave him a rise to around 1m for the final 2?

Statistics can be misleading. Surely they are related to game time and the quality of your fellow prop. Much as I like the play of Barney, I think Moses is the better prop and also specializes in that position.

 

[Spence]

With AFB leaving I was worried about our hyphenated surname player quota - couldn’t ask for a better three letters!

Amazing job Cam and Cappy, I’m flabbergasted.

 

[Ever Hopeful]

Everyone can deny it, including the man himself, but nothing can convince me that Ivan Cleary doesn't still play for the Warriors!