Recruitment Warriors 2025/2026 Recruitment & Retention

Warriors 2025/2026 Recruitment & Retention Discussion​

-	Player	2025	2026	2027	2028	2029
1	Bunty Afoa	✔
2	Tom Ale	✔
3	Mitchell Barnett	✔	✔	✔
4	Rocco Berry	✔	✔
5	Tanah Boyd	✔	✔
6	Kurt Capewell	✔	✔
7	Erin Clark	✔	✔	✔
8	Wayde Egan	✔	✔	✔
9	James Fisher-Harris	✔	✔	✔	✔
10	Jackson Ford	✔	✔	✔
11	Leka Halasima	✔	✔	✔
	Morgan Harper	✔
12	Chanel Harris-Tavita	✔	✔
13	Sam Healey	✔	✔	✔
14	Edward Kosi	✔
15	Jacob Laban	✔	✔
16	Ali Leiataua	✔	✔	✔
17	Freddy Lussick	✔	✔
18	Te Maire Martin	✔
19	Luke Metcalf	✔	✔
20	Charnze Nicoll-Klokstad	✔
21	Marata Niukore	✔	✔
22	Adam Pompey	✔	✔	✔
23	Tanner Stowers-Smith	✔
24	Taine Tuaupiki	✔	✔
25	Roger Tuivasa-Sheck	✔	✔
26	Demitric Vaimauga	✔	✔	✔	✔
27	Dylan Walker	✔
28	Dallin Watene-Zelezniak	✔	✔	✔
S1	Kayliss Faitialofa	S
S2	Kalani Going	S
S3	Luke Hanson	S
S4	Eddie Ieremia-Toeava	S	✔	✔
S5	Sio Kali	S
S6	Patrick Moimoi	S
-	Kahu Capper	T	T
-	Jett Cleary	T	S	S
-	Motu Pasikala	T	✔	✔

C = Club option, M = Mutual option, P = Player option, S = Supplementary contract, T = Train & Trial contract

Confirmed Top 30 2025: 29/30
Confirmed Supplementary 2025: 6/6

Confirmed Top 30 2026: 21/30
Confirmed Supplementary 2026: 1/6

2026 Gains: Nil
2026 Losses: Nil

Off Contract: Bunty Afoa, Tom Ale, Morgan Harper, Edward Kosi, Te Maire Martin, Charnze Nicoll-Klokstad, Tanner Stowers-Smith, Dylan Walker

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[WarriorsForever]

Like everyone else, pretty skeptical about this one but whoever dons a warriors shirt I’ll support.


View: https://www.instagram.com/p/DGhaUpOpSHk/?igsh=MWpvMXc1YjBsZDkxMA==

 

[WarriorsForever]

Confirmed. Morgan will join our top 30 for this season.

Morgan Harper signs with NRL team for 2025

He last played for the Parramatta Eels.

www.zerotackle.com

 

[1995warriorsfan]

Pompey resigned for 2 more years.

 

[Billyspleen75]

 

[WahsaurusRex]

Marcelo release confirmed.

One New Zealand Warriors winger Marcelo Montoya is leaving the club to return to Australia to continue his NRL career.

The 28-year-old former Fiji Bati international has been granted a release from the last year of his contract after originally joining the club in 2021.

“We were happy for Marcelo to see out his contract with us but we’re really pleased he has found a club back in Australia giving him longer term security,” said One New Zealand Warriors general manager recruitment, pathways and development Andrew McFadden.

“He has been a terrific person to have at our club for the last four seasons. He made a major contribution on and off the field and we wish him and his wife Tayla all the best for their future.”

Montoya joined the One New Zealand Warriors from Canterbury Bankstown in the Covid era, spending his first two seasons with the club in Australia.

He scored 30 tries in his 82 appearances for the Warriors, playing all 27 games in 2023.

 

[Noitall]

Demitric Vaimauga extended to 2028

 

[wizard of Tauranga]

Confirmed NZ Herald:

Warriors captain Tohu Harris announces immediate retirement from NRL - report​

The Warriors have been dealt a New Year’s blow ahead of the 2025 NRL season with reports from Australia suggesting Tohu Harris has called time on his NRL career.

The Daily Telegraph has reported that Harris has told those close to him that he cannot play on as he struggled to make his return from a wrist injury that ended his 2024 season.

The 32-year-old managed 14 appearances in the 2024 season before having surgery on the wrist injury, only to have him sidelined for the remainder of the campaign.

With the departure of another experienced leader in Shaun Johnson, Harris’ reported retirement would mean the likes of Mitch Barnett, who stood in as captain for Harris in 2024, Roger Tuivasa-Sheck, Kurt Capewell and new arrival Kiwis skipper James Fisher-Harris would have to shoulder extra leadership in the Warriors camp.

Warriors captain announces shock retirement

The club has been dealt a blow ahead of the 2025 NRL season.

www.nzherald.co.nz

 

[tajhay]

Canterbury Bulldogs sign Warriors prop Zyon Maiu’u on two-year deal effective immediately​

Canterbury have produced a stealth signing ahead of the 2025 season by adding one of the most promising props in New Zealand to their NRL roster.

News Sport Network

Zyon Maiu’u has signed with Canterbury for the next two seasons.

The Bulldogs have produced a stealth signing ahead of the 2025 season by adding one of the most promising props in New Zealand to their NRL roster.
In a major boost to their forward stocks, Canterbury have signed 21-year-old Warriors prop Zyon Maiu’u, effective immediately.

Zyon Maiu’u knocked back interest from the Newcastle Knights and will join the Bulldogs for training on Tuesday.

Identified by the Warriors as a 17-year-old and contracted to the club until the end of 2026, Zyon Maiu’u has been highly touted among the game’s best judges.
The overriding factor in the Warriors reluctant decision to release the powerful ball-carrier with two years remaining on his contract was due to their plethora of young forwards they have at their disposal including Jacob Laban, Demetric Vaumaga and Leka Halasima.

The 106kg edge or middle forward has played one NRL game, coming off the bench in round eight last season against the Titans.
Earning four NRL games from the bench in 2024, this powerhouse talent carries the football with venom while also boasting classy timing in defence.
Used off the bench, he made a big impression in his 13 minutes on the field with 77-metres from seven runs, five tackles, no missed tackles and no errors.
The Bulldogs have made no secret of their desire to add more punch to their forward pack with Zyon Maiu’u recruited to support a team of underrated workers including Max King, Josh Curran, Harry Hayes, Kurtis Morrin, Samuel Hughes and Kurt Mann.

Zyon Maiu’u is expected to feature in the Dogs first pre-season trial match against the Wests Tigers on February 16.

The overriding factor in the Warriors reluctant decision to release the powerful ball-carrier with two years remaining on his contract was due to their plethora of young forwards they have at their disposal including Jacob Laban (Edit), Demitric Vaimauga (Edit) Vaumaga and Leka Halasima (Edit).

What kind of retarded reasoning is that.

 

[WarriorsForever]

Cam George today confirmed that the NRL has accepted Tohu Harris’ medical retirement, freeing up significant cap space for recruitment in 2025 & 2026.

 

[Playdaball]

TSS now in the top 30 … I guess no front rower being signed to replace Zyon Maiu’u.
Hopefully they can get a n outside back but not sure if it’ll happen

Contract upgrades for young duo

One New Zealand Warriors Tanner Stowers-Smith and Eddie Ieremia-Toeava given upgrades.

www.warriors.kiwi