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	The Greatest of All-Time	✔	✔
5	Kurt Capewell	✔	✔
6	Erin Clark	✔	✔	✔
7	Wayde Egan	✔	✔	✔
8	James Fisher-Harris	✔	✔	✔	✔
9	Jackson Ford	✔
10	Leka Halasima	✔	✔	✔
11	Tohu Harris	✔
12	Chanel Harris-Tavita	✔	M
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	Motu Pasikala	✔	✔	✔
24	Adam Pompey	✔
25	Demitric Sifakula	✔	C
26	Taine Tuaupiki	✔
27	Roger Tuivasa-Sheck	✔	✔
28	Dylan Walker	✔
29	Dallin Watene-Zelezniak	✔
D1	Kalani Going	D
D2	Tanner Stowers-Smith	D
T1	Jett Cleary	T	D	D

C = Club option, M = Mutual option, P = Player option, D = Development contract, T = Train & Trial contract

Confirmed Top 30 2025: 29/30
Confirmed Development 2025: 2/6
Unconfirmed Top 30 2025: 29/30
Unconfirmed Development 2025: 3/6 (Luke Hanson, per Zero Tackle)

Confirmed Top 30 2026: 13/30
Confirmed Development 2026: 1/6

2026 Gains: Nil
2026 Losses: Nil

Off Contract: Bunty Afoa, Tom Ale, Jackson Ford, Tohu Harris, Ed Kosi, Ali Leiataua, Te Maire Martin, Marcelo Montoya, Charnze Nicoll-Klokstad, Adam Pompey, Taine Tuaupiki, Dylan Walker, Dallin Watene-Zelezniak, Kalani Going (D), Tanner Stowers-Smith (D), Chanel Harris-Tavita (M), Demitric Sifakula (C)

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[John Nick]

We will have a shouting match about Bunty.
And you can explain (sarcasm) the value of RTS to the team.

Loser of the shouting match pays for breakfast. Hahaha

 

[Canadian_Warriors_Fan]

You saw him at Leichardt?
He confirmed he s staying?
How did he play today?

Yes, yes, meh

 

[kos]

Yes, yes, meh

Ok so who played well for our Nsw cup team today.
Backs-
Forwards-

 

[Canadian_Warriors_Fan]

Ok so who played well for our Nsw cup team today.
Backs-
Forwards-

Backs - Leiataua, Tauapiki, Kosi wasn't too bad
Forwards - Halasima, Ieremia-Toeava

The injuries really killed us in the 2nd half.

 

[kos]

Thanks mate-so even Ale was ordinary?

 

[Canadian_Warriors_Fan]

Thanks mate-so even Ale was ordinary?

I wouldn't say ordinary, just didn't stand out really.

I'll stop this as it's the recruitment thread.

 

[The Warrior Waka]

Backs - Leiataua, Tauapiki, Kosi wasn't too bad
Forwards - Halasima, Ieremia-Toeava

The injuries really killed us in the 2nd half.

Agree with this.

I hope we see Ieremia-Toeava next year in first grade. That kid can cover so many positions and does it well. Quite the athlete.

 

[Wrighty]

Well done on your time with the Warriors Marcelo. You were the opposite of a fairweather friend.

 

[Makasene]

Playdaball with the good oil again.

Best of luck to Montoya. Hope you don't get Maumalo'd

 

[kos]

Playdaball with the good oil again.

Best of luck to Montoya. Hope you don't get Maumalo'd

Poor old Ken still sitting in the Titans roster
His manager did the rounds - nobody wanted to pick him up

 

[Ever Hopeful]

The penny has just dropped in my head with the Tiger's Fijian connection. Koroisau, Bula, Turuva, Montoya. That would be fun thing to be part of, and good to build combinations for the WC.

 

[Tony Martin]

Definitely Sifakula, totally agree forgot about him and I agree 100%
All the others apart from TSS are not Youth/future they are the current middles.
Bunty for depth only. Which I think he can provide when called upon.

Demetric Vaimauga I think he has changed his name too

 

[tajhay]

Demetric Vaimauga I think he has changed his name too

Interesting. Didnt he go by Sisa Vaimauga in his early days? Demetric is his nick isnt it?

 

[Wrighty]

If Roger plays wing this year instead of Montoya (who leaves) that makes Kosi our back up wing again?

 

[tajhay]

If Roger plays wing this year instead of Montoya (who leaves) that makes Kosi our back up wing again?

Yes closer to first grade than this year unless we sign a proven nrl first grader which seems rather unlikely.

 

[kos]

If Roger plays wing this year instead of Montoya (who leaves) that makes Kosi our back up wing again?

That’s Websters pecking order
He doesn’t like changing things
Besides Pasikala is behind Setu Tu in that order and Tu isn’t threatening to play first grade

 

[Blain]

I like Montoya, but he just doesn't have enough of anything anymore to be a mainstay in our team. It's the right decision from the club to let him go if the rumour is true.

 

[Matiunz]

You saw him at Leichardt?
He confirmed he s staying?
How did he play today?

I thought he was a little lazy in getting back today, often still in the opposition line around the 4th on multiple occasions. Had a few good runs later on but didn’t scream ‘must choose 1st grader’ felt Ale, Eddie and Zion looked more threatening taking it to the line

 

[Matiunz]

That’s Websters pecking order
He doesn’t like changing things
Besides Pasikala is behind Setu Tu in that order and Tu isn’t threatening to play first grade

Kosi looked much better than Tu today even though he still had a couple of errors in his game. Not Sold on RTS as a winger and we need better than Kosi as back up. Montoya would have been great but if he can get a start elsewhere I wouldn’t blame him, hope Stevenson rumour has legs

 

[Tony Martin]

Interesting. Didnt he go by Sisa Vaimauga in his early days? Demetric is his nick isnt it?

Yeh I’ve just googled this and when he signed to the club when he was younger he was sisa vaimauga with demetric being his nickname