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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[Riz]

 

[The Warrior Waka]

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Was he one of ours?

 

[Noitall]

Was he one of ours?

People thought he could potentially be a Joseph Manu type centre. Seems to be a position that we’re well represented in at the moment

 

[Naumaifooty]

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fucksakes

 

[Teets]

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Fuck, wondered where he'd got to.

 

[BangBro's (still banging)]

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These things are going to happen, and even more frequently now that we have more teams.

We should do this to the Australians also!

 

[Teets]

These things are going to happen, and even more frequently now that we have more teams.

We should do this to the Australians also!

Changed my response but we have snagged a few, I wouldn't mind a couple of workhorse Aussie forwards in the Ball/Flegg teams to set the pace for our local kids to help them get rid of that imposter syndrome so many of them have earlier.

 

[BangBro's (still banging)]

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This is totally not true, but for some reason you can tell he will be good just because of his name.

Jackson Stewart has a ring to it, Vake anyone?

 

[BangBro's (still banging)]

This is totally not true, but for some reason you can tell he will be good just because of his name.

Jackson Stewart has a ring to it, Vake anyone?

We do have Ali and Rocco! I mean how good is that!

 

[Teets]

This is totally not true, but for some reason you can tell he will be good just because of his name.

This is why I thought KING Vuniyawa was going to be the man.

 

[BangBro's (still banging)]

This is why I thought KING Vuniyawa was going to be the man.

SO DID I!!!! so funny, he actually had a good debut and never returned! Did he kill somebody?

 

[BangBro's (still banging)]

I guess the Jackson Stewart one stings a little because the Roosters have a decent record of getting good outside backs from NZ.

RTS, SKD, and Manu to name some.

 

[Teets]

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Just looked at the post and St Thomas has 22 current/former students spread across 9 different NRL sides pathways. That's super impressive even if only a couple crack it to join Jordan Riki.

 

[Noitall]

This is totally not true, but for some reason you can tell he will be good just because of his name.

Jackson Stewart has a ring to it, Vake anyone?

Like Fukofuka. Looking forward to the commentators tackling that one. I see in his stats he’s nearing 100kg, could be a decent lock with his dummy half skills? I see Francis Manuleleua, who was in the halves here and went to panthers, and now to knights weighs in at 110kg and plays second row. Lot of these young guys still growing and not settled on a position for their careers

 

[Noitall]

Club pulls out of star's deal with 'dark horse' revealed

The Mole scoops

www.nine.com.au

Roosters now a dark horse fo Thompson with bulldogs pulling out of their pursuit. The way the article is written sounds like they really don’t know who’s registered interest?

 

[Billyspleen75]

Club pulls out of star's deal with 'dark horse' revealed

The Mole scoops

www.nine.com.au

Roosters now a dark horse fo Thompson with bulldogs pulling out of their pursuit. The way the article is written sounds like they really don’t know who’s registered interest?

Roosters can have Thompson and hopefully that means Whyte's path is blocked and is free to negotiate..

 

[Noitall]

Roosters can have Thompson and hopefully that means Whyte's path is blocked and is free to negotiate..

Dream scenario. Been watching too how they’ve shifted Siua Wong from an edge to front row in nsw cup during the year too and hoping it’s something to do with Whyte? They’ve got heaps of talent coming through in Steep and Va’a bros too in regards to middles.

 

[Tookey 2.0]

Club pulls out of star's deal with 'dark horse' revealed

The Mole scoops

www.nine.com.au

Roosters now a dark horse fo Thompson with bulldogs pulling out of their pursuit. The way the article is written sounds like they really don’t know who’s registered interest?

Poor Tyrrel May must be pulling his hair out lol. Super upset to be let go, but apparently it was because they had so many forwards they wanted to promote....nek minute they're in the race for Thompson lol

 

[Noitall]

Poor Tyrrel May must be pulling his hair out lol. Super upset to be let go, but apparently it was because they had so many forwards they wanted to promote....nek minute they're in the race for Thompson lol

Interesting those that were in that room where it looked like nose beers might be going on have all been or publicly allowed to leave?

 

[WahsaurusRex]

Hopefully the way they have treated May, Crichton, and to a lesser extent Cheese, can be a lesson to [insert next young gun or superstar] that when Robbo and Uncle Nick say they love you, they are really just trying to get your pants off

Then again money, plus a Ford Ranger for you and a BYD SUV for the missus, talks I suppose lol

Not sure how this is all working out, though. Has Leo Thompson just informed the club that he will sign elsewhere, or is he in his 10-day cooling-off period?

I've seen both floating around, but if it is the latter, I don't see how there is supposedly a new club entering the running every second day. Figured the 10 day wait was because a player has basically already signing with X club, but Y club get a week and change to try flip him back?