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

 

[BangBro's (still banging)]

Maybe it’s a 2026 for SJ retirement?

I would love that!

 

[Damo]

Before anyone gets excited it's Queensland not NZ lol

 

[Canadian_Warriors_Fan]

Before anyone gets excited it's Queensland not NZ lol

Exit 'rumblings' reveal Storm star wants out

'We'll just see what happens'

wwos.nine.com.au

Yep, unfortunately.

 

[hornbybrown]

Home being Queensland though... ouch

Lol good point, moved there from Wellington at 14

 

[Ever Hopeful]

Gold Coast sure has a lot of shrimpy, talented fast dudes. Lots of points at both ends.

 

[Makasene]

The SJ article is interesting.

Get the feeling he might be angling for a 2 year deal reading between the lines.

Think a 2 year deal is fine though

 

[Christchurch_Warrior]

The SJ article is interesting.

Get the feeling he might be angling for a 2 year deal reading between the lines.

Think a 2 year deal is fine though

2 years with Jet as an understudy sounds good to me.

 

[Aman 2.0]

Can we get Leo Thomson from the knights for RTS? Win win for everyone.

Also what are the odds Hughes goes to Brisbane and Reynolds is medically retired

 

[BangBro's (still banging)]

Could Tain Tuaupiki be smoky for the Knights?

 

[Makasene]

Could Tain Tuaupiki be smoky for the Knights?

I wouldn't be releasing anybody before next season

 

[Wrighty]

I wouldn't be releasing anybody before next season

Would take a trade prop for him though.

 

[snake77]

The Muppet Show (NRL360) talking about Jerome Hughes are repeating their mantra from last week how clubs are not allowed to talk.

Last week Kent was happy to assume the Warriors had done something against the rules. Pretty much all of 2022 they were talking about Walsh signing with Broncos, Dolphins or any other club despite him being under contract.

Yes, he ended up leaving so where there was smoke there was fire. But the fact still stands he was under contract and they had no issue with it then.

 

[BangBro's (still banging)]

Would take a trade prop for him though.

One of the saifiti lads perhaps?

It would go a long way to keeping Barnett here.

 

[Makasene]

The Muppet Show (NRL360) talking about Jerome Hughes are repeating their mantra from last week how clubs are not allowed to talk.

Last week Kent was happy to assume the Warriors had done something against the rules. Pretty much all of 2022 they were talking about Walsh signing with Broncos, Dolphins or any other club despite him being under contract.

Yes, he ended up leaving so where there was smoke there was fire. But the fact still stands he was under contract and they had no issue with it then.

I need to look again at the exact rules because if the rule is based on good will then it will never be adhered too.

Can anyone please confirm or elaborate on whether I have the below correct.

- You cannot formally negotiate or present a deal to a contracted player prior to November 1st (being the date at which they have 1 year to run)
- You can however discuss with a contracted player anything you like at any time, which might be what a deal might look like...

I also despise Kent putting this on the clubs when he knows all too well that player managers have more to do with this than anything else

 

[Wrighty]

One of the saifiti lads perhaps?

It would go a long way to keeping Barnett here.

They have Will Pryce and David Armstrong as fullbacks in top 30 already. Maybe they are sorted.
But yes if we could wrangle a Saifiti out of this I would say that would really elevate our team. But if you were them would you give a Saifiti up for Tuapiki?

 

[Inruin]

I need to look again at the exact rules because if the rule is based on good will then it will never be adhered too.

Can anyone please confirm or elaborate on whether I have the below correct.

- You cannot formally negotiate or present a deal to a contracted player prior to November 1st (being the date at which they have 1 year to run)
- You can however discuss with a contracted player anything you like at any time, which might be what a deal might look like...

I also despise Kent putting this on the clubs when he knows all too well that player managers have more to do with this than anything else

I thought you couldn't lodge a contract with the NRL before that date


This post helps clear it up a fair bit:

Post in thread 'Warriors 2024/2025 Recruitment & Retention' https://nzwarriors.com/threads/warriors-2024-2025-recruitment-retention.13/post-39209

 

[BangBro's (still banging)]

They have Will Pryce and David Armstrong as fullbacks in top 30 already. Maybe they are sorted.
But yes if we could wrangle a Saifiti out of this I would say that would really elevate our team. But if you were them would you give a Saifiti up for Tuapiki?

Because they are stupid and we are smart!

 

[Wrighty]

Because they are stupid and we are smart!

Well they are not happy with Daniel and had taking accountability discussions with him last week. So not impossible they would say yes.

 

[Makasene]

I thought you couldn't lodge a contract with the NRL before that date


This post helps clear it up a fair bit:

Post in thread 'Warriors 2024/2025 Recruitment & Retention' https://nzwarriors.com/threads/warriors-2024-2025-recruitment-retention.13/post-39209

Right, so it's actually a lot more loose than I thought. No wonder there have never been any punishments in this area.

You can negotiate with a player at any time, as long as the deal begins after their current contract.

So you can literally have an entire conversation about 2026 with the implicit knowledge that this is what you would get next year as well btw!

Or, with the likes of JFH discussions that "we would love to get you here one day, and this is what you would get if you ever decided to come here"

 

[Inruin]

Right, so it's actually a lot more loose than I thought. No wonder there have never been any punishments in this area.

You can negotiate with a player at any time, as long as the deal begins after their current contract.

So you can literally have an entire conversation about 2026 with the implicit knowledge that this is what you would get next year as well btw!

Or, with the likes of JFH discussions that "we would love to get you here one day, and this is what you would get if you ever decided to come here"

With the JFH scenario it would appear Kent is suggesting we coerced JFH to break his contract early. From reading that article it looks like you can basically discuss with any contracted player about signing for your club after their existing contract finishes but you can't ask them to try and come earlier than that. This is where this compassionate grounds piece can get a bit murky potentially.