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

 

[Damo]

My hopes are dashed. Good signing Penref

 

[Playdaball]

Rumour:
AFB out vs Dolphins and wants out immediately…

 

[Riz]

Rumour:
AFB out vs Dolphins and want out immediately…

Where'd the immediate release talk come from?

 

[Damo]

Where'd the immediate release talk come from?

Martin Devlin talking smack.

 

[Tohu’s_Knees]

Rumour:
AFB out vs Dolphins and want out immediately…

Why am I not surprised.
There was that clip of him and the bench after the boyz beat Penrith on Sunday. He hardly looked enthused

 

[nzwarriorsfaithful]

Rumour:
AFB out vs Dolphins and want out immediately…

if he wants out immediately let him, but only if we get Oregon Kaufusi in exchange...

 

[Damo]

Why am I not surprised.
There was that clip of him and the bench after the boyz beat Penrith on Sunday. He hardly looked enthused

Rib injury would do that to you also...

 

[peewee]

Why am I not surprised.
There was that clip of him and the bench after the boyz beat Penrith on Sunday. He hardly looked enthused

Sometimes it is better to let someone who is leaving, go straight away and just move on.

 

[Damo]

Sometimes it is better to let someone who is leaving, go straight away and just move on.

Disagree, it's not like he has been throwing the towel in. He has been our best nearly all season.

 

[Tohu’s_Knees]

Rib injury would do that to you also...

Fair enough, but just in that short clip he seemed to be moving fine. (I’ve had rib injuries before, not fun). In saying that his output was way down so I’d say your right.

Hopefully it’s bullshit. But if push comes to shove. Let him go.

 

[Boston Boy]

Fair enough, but just in that short clip he seemed to be moving fine. (I’ve had rib injuries before, not fun). In saying that his output was way down so I’d say your right.

Hopefully it’s bullshit. But if push comes to shove. Let him go.

Would we accept one of their kiwi props as a swap? I guess it’s only BHU that’s a born and bread kiwi boy. I believe he would complement JFH quite well. Different run, more impact and explosive less juice to last the game though.

 

[Tohu’s_Knees]

Would we accept one of their kiwi props as a swap? I guess it’s only BHU that’s a born and bread kiwi boy. I believe he would complement JFH quite well. Different run, more impact and explosive less juice to last the game though.

I doubt there’d be a swap.
And frankly I rather give Zyon Maiu’u some of AFB’s minutes than sign BHU.

 

[CWC]

Devlin got a few right apparently, but his co-host was an idiot saying AFB's phoning it in when he was carrying the team

If he wants early release now then they should loan us 1-2 players for this year at least

Was the "wife not happy" post AFB? lol

 

[Playdaball]

Where'd the immediate release talk come from?

Rumour only.

Oh I didnt realise that Martin Devlin had heard the same news too.

I suppose the last rumour he leaked was that Jett Cleary was coming here , nek minit.

 

[sup42]

Ive been watching Paps quite a bit this year & hes been terrible!!! He just looks a short slow plodding hobbit & has been terrible in defense. Pretty sure Benji wants him gone tbh.

I watched him closely last year and posted many times that I hope he does not come back to the Warriors.

He is lazy and disinterested. The disinterested bit you can hope to change in a new environment, the lazy bit, is a thing I do not think the Warriors have ever fixed in a player that is taking short cuts in games.

Last year Papalii was hiding behind the marker in the Ruck, constantly parking himself at six O'clock and watching the play go left or right while just standing there. Then worse still, he would go hide on the Wing to catch his breath.

He has degraded terribly. If he signed it would be interesting to watch fan opinion when all eyes become engaged like yours this year on his game.

 

[Fonzie]

I watched him closely last year and posted many times that I hope he does not come back to the Warriors.

He is lazy and disinterested. The disinterested bit you can hope to change in a new environment, the lazy bit, is a thing I do not think the Warriors have ever fixed in a player that is taking short cuts in games.

Last year Papalii was hiding behind the marker in the Ruck, constantly parking himself at six O'clock and watching the play go left or right. Then worse still, he would go hide on the Wing to catch his breath.

He has degraded terribly. If he signed it would be interesting to watch fan opinion when all eyes become engaged like yours this year on his game.

He’s a bench prop imo

 

[Noitall]

With it transpiring that Papali’i is heading to panthers and tigers willing to let him go early, if this talk of AFB wanting out, we should try and get JFH early too

 

[sup42]

With it transpiring that Papali’i is heading to panthers and tigers willing to let him go early, if this talk of AFB wanting out, we should try and get JFH early too

Yeah, compassionate grounds is a fair reason to get out earlier.

The old knock on the bosses door and say simply 'I have to go home'.

 

[Noitall]

Yeah, compassionate grounds is a fair reason to get out earlier.

The old knock on the bosses door and say simply 'I have to go home'.

To give AFB the benefit of the doubt, perhaps his family members health has declined more? So both would be compassionate if the panthers let JFH return to get himself established in NZ? JFH might want to stay on and try for a fourth premiership too?

 

[CWC]

Would be a dick of a move from Devlin to frame it that way, if it was really the family member's health