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

 

[Aman 2.0]

They’ll come right. Wouldn’t have changed AFB’s family situation

I reckon another 3-400k making him the highest paid forward would have definitely changed his family situation

 

[Makasene]

crazy to think if we didn’t buy RTS and Capewell we could have potentially had both JFH and AFB.

We’ve locked up some mediocre players when we could have waited for the market to open up organically like it always does through the season.

How do we have AFB in this situation?

 

[Aman 2.0]

How do we have AFB in this situation?

Top up AFB a couple hundred $ instead of buying RTS and Capewell. They’re surplus to requirements and don’t make us better.

We”d still have enough left over for JFH

 

[Noitall]

I reckon another 3-400k making him the highest paid forward would have definitely changed his family situation

Should have given his mrs cookie time

 

[Makasene]

Top up AFB a couple hundred $ instead of buying RTS and Capewell. They’re surplus to requirements and don’t make us better.

We”d still have enough left over for JFH

That does buy a lot of brownies...

But in all seriousness you are suggesting a situation where we deny a compassionate release then get a guy on compassionate release.

Never ever going to happen

 

[Aman 2.0]

That does buy a lot of brownies...

But in all seriousness you are suggesting a situation where we deny a compassionate release then get a guy on compassionate release.

Never ever going to happen

I think JFH is genuine where as AFBs is probably more to do with winning dally M prop, being sick of the travel and wanting more commercial allotment in the big smoke.

Just a vibe that if we said to him here’s $1.3m for the next 4 years he would have said “ok bro”

 

[Makasene]

I think JFH is genuine where as AFBs is probably more to do with winning dally M prop, being sick of the travel and wanting more commercial allotment in the big smoke.

Just a vibe that if we said to him here’s $1.3m for the next 4 years he would have said “ok bro”

You ever lived with an unhappy wife?

 

[Aman 2.0]

You ever lived with an unhappy wife?

My wife’s only ever been unhappy when she couldn’t buy what she wanted.

 

[The Warrior Waka]

crazy to think if we didn’t buy RTS and Capewell we could have potentially had both JFH and AFB.

We’ve locked up some mediocre players when we could have waited for the market to open up organically like it always does through the season.

Too right. Oregon Kaufusi & Royce Hunt are available next year. Royce is the type of high impact short minute's bench prop i was talking about last night. May not have Tohu's engine. But if we had the likes of him off the bench last night he might of been able to lift the boys. He can hit and is all power with his hit ups. Do we have cap space for the likes of a Hunt or Kafusi next year?

 

[Noitall]

You ever lived with an unhappy wife?

They can be real cookie monsters

 

[Aman 2.0]

They can be real cookie monsters

Just wished they nibbled on the nuts a little more

 

[Noitall]

Just wished they nibbled on the nuts a little more

A gripe of mine also. Don’t mind the chocolate dipped either

 

[Damo]

I think JFH is genuine where as AFBs is probably more to do with winning dally M prop, being sick of the travel and wanting more commercial allotment in the big smoke.

Just a vibe that if we said to him here’s $1.3m for the next 4 years he would have said “ok bro”

Incorrect, his compassionate release is very real.

 

[Makasene]

Comments from Panthers management re: JFH & Jett Cleary

'Knew something was up': Cleary on JFH departure

Panthers coach Ivan Cleary admits that while he wasn't expecting a request for a release to come of it, he had sensed something wasn't right with star prop James Fisher-Harris in recent times.

www.nrl.com

 

[BangBro's (still banging)]

Comments from Panthers management re: JFH & Jett Cleary

'Knew something was up': Cleary on JFH departure

Panthers coach Ivan Cleary admits that while he wasn't expecting a request for a release to come of it, he had sensed something wasn't right with star prop James Fisher-Harris in recent times.

www.nrl.com

Cleary is just all class! Good on them for not digging in thier heels. So much respect for the Panthers organization, they aren't like all the other australian clubs in these situations.

 

[juju]

Cleary is just all class! Good on them for not digging in thier heels. So much respect for the Panthers organization, they aren't like all the other australian clubs in these situations.

Seems like Cleary is a very emotionally intelligent coach, some of the other ruthless coaches wouldn't of been so understanding.

Interesting points on it being exhausting for JFH, it was exhausting just being a Warriors fan and digesting the news.

 

[BangBro's (still banging)]

Seems like Cleary is a very emotionally intelligent coach, some of the other ruthless coaches wouldn't of been so understanding.

Interesting points on it being exhausting for JFH, it was exhausting just being a Warriors fan and digesting the news.

I just saw that all the way doco last week! They guy is just so in touch with his players and club.

Webby is very similar.

 

[Warriorshopeful]

Seems like Cleary is a very emotionally intelligent coach, some of the other ruthless coaches wouldn't of been so understanding.

Interesting points on it being exhausting for JFH, it was exhausting just being a Warriors fan and digesting the news.

Not quite the same, the guy has been living in Penrith the last 13 years and has built a life there and has been very happy in the Penrith system, worked his ass off to become one of the elite front rowers in the game, to make a big decision to move countries and lock into the Warriors for 4 years would take its toll.

 

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DEVELOPING: Jett Cleary, younger brother of Nathan is considering the possibility of going to the Warriors. Nothing done. Same thing was raised this time last year. @9NewsSyd

 

[Noitall]

Interesting seeing the panthers shopped Luke Garner to the broncos to which the broncos rejected. Would likely have been at the tigers when Webster was there, if not in his last year as assistant at panthers? Tall at 1.90m like Webster seems to be keen on a few recent targets. If height is a requirement on an edge, I hope we keep persevering and giving Laban at least a bench spot to let him build into the edge backrower we’re seeking