Recruitment Warriors 2025/2026 Recruitment & Retention

Warriors 2025/2026 Recruitment & Retention Discussion
-Player20252026202720282029
1Bunty Afoa
2Tom Ale
3Mitchell Barnett
4Rocco Berry
5Tanah Boyd
6Kurt Capewell
7Erin Clark
8Jett ClearySS
9Wayde Egan
10James Fisher-Harris
11Jackson Ford
12Leka Halasima
13Morgan Harper
14Chanel Harris-Tavita
15Sam Healey
16Edward Kosi
17Jacob Laban
18Ali Leiataua
19Jye Linnane
20Freddy Lussick
21Te Maire Martin
22Luke Metcalf
23Charnze Nicoll-Klokstad
24Marata Niukore
25Adam Pompey
26Tanner Stowers-Smith
27Taine Tuaupiki
28Roger Tuivasa-Sheck
29Demitric Vaimauga
30Dallin Watene-Zelezniak
S1Kayliss FatialofaS
S2Kalani GoingS
S3Luke HansonS
S4Eddie Ieremia-ToeavaS
S5Sio KaliS
S6Patrick MoimoiS
-Kahu CapperTT
-Morgan Gannon-
-Haizyn Mellars
-Motu PasikalaT??
C = Club option, M = Mutual option, P = Player option, S = Supplementary contract, T = Train & Trial contract

Top 30 2026: 29/30
Supplementary 2026: 1/6

2026 Gains: Morgan Gannon (Leeds Rhinos), Haizyn Mellars (South Sydney Rabbitohs)
2026 Losses: Edward Kosi (South Sydney Rabbitohs)

Off Contract: Bunty Afoa, Tom Ale, Morgan Harper
Can negotiate with other clubs from Nov 1, 2025 (Entering final year) 🐻: Rocco Berry, Tanah Boyd, Kurt Capewell, Chanel Harris-Tavita, Freddy Lussick, Te Maire Martin, Luke Metcalf, Marata Niukore, Taine Tuaupiki, Roger Tuivasa-Sheck



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I am okay with this if we can add a couple of offensive threats around him as we tinker with the roster for 2025. A speedy winger/fullback, and a ball-playing 2nd rower (Niukore, Barnett FR). Teams who don't invest in high value halves should be able to afford to this, and without it we don't look threatening at all next year. I'm optimistic that this is the club's thinking for 2025, but we certainly seem to be setting up well for a 2026 cap redistribution.

A 2 year contract suggests the club is playing pretty safe with this.
 
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The fact that Boyd is not a big spend or marquee half, does it leave us room to get someone else or atleast plan for a marquee for 2026?

I reckon!

Just for a bit of fun:

Losses:
SJ - $700k
Jazz - $350k
Montoya -$300k

Gains:
Healey - $300k?
Clark - $450k?
Boyd - $400k?

So that would leave us with about 250k, plus I think we had a bit of change from the AFB->JFH deal.

Plus, we'd have to get someone else off our books to bring someone else in so if we lost say Bunty, you'd put his $250k together with AFBs money and the difference between those blokes above. I'd guess we'd have anywhere between 4-700k for someone for next year.
 
So much negativity when we should be Boyd by this signing. I think he's going to surprise a Tanah people.
He could show the boys how to be part of a team that scores 66 points while only conceding 6, for a start!

Although Tanah could find helping to turn the Warriors back into Grand Final Contenders a Titanic strugle! Too much Coasting and not enough Gold...
 
Every squad needs value signings, and then cross the fingers that they over perform.
The current squad has a terrible imbalance of older players and exciting youth but no much in between.
I expect further signings of players with 3-4 seasons of experience regardless of position.
 
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