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
8Wayde Egan
9James Fisher-Harris
10Jackson Ford
11Leka Halasima
Morgan Harper
12Chanel Harris-Tavita
13Sam Healey
14Edward Kosi
15Jacob Laban
16Ali Leiataua
17Freddy Lussick
18Te Maire Martin
19Luke Metcalf
20Charnze Nicoll-Klokstad
21Marata Niukore
22Adam Pompey
23Tanner Stowers-Smith
24Taine Tuaupiki
25Roger Tuivasa-Sheck
26Demitric Vaimauga
27Dylan Walker
28Dallin Watene-Zelezniak
S1Kayliss FaitialofaS
S2Kalani GoingS
S3Luke HansonS
S4Eddie Ieremia-ToeavaS
S5Sio KaliS
S6Patrick MoimoiS
-Kahu CapperTT
-Jett ClearyTSS
-Motu PasikalaT
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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If true thankyou Tohu for your wonderful career you've been a great captain and servant of the game.
Tohu had the ability in his prime to game play and play 5 eighth.
By the way this must be one of @MrFrankWhite s happiest of days.😁
Nah man. I love peak Tohu. I just didn’t like busted Tohu. Plus I’m sad, it’s tough giving up your job because your body can’t handle it.

So not happy, excited though for the future.
 
SEN radio said there is some news coming out about the Warriors this morning, so I'm going to say this is likely true.

Such a shame, what a great player he has been for us. Early last year he was the same player as 2023, but things like hands and knees can be almost impossible to come back from, especially quickly with an older body.

Luckily Walker and Clark are there to take his spot, but will miss his defence and leadership. I hope it's a medical retirement at least, so we can get his wage back in our cap for this year, leaving us open for a quality mid season signing.
 
This probably gives us a chance to balance the squad a bit more now. We did seem a bit forward heavy especially with the youth coming through.
We must have a fairly large amount of cash to splash now. Invest some of it in the young bulls, but surely now we can land the likes of a Dylan Brown or Ronaldo Mulitalo.

SJ and Tohu combined must've been close to 2m of cap?
We definitely should have enough cap for a high quality winger + one other squad piece.

It's never boring being a Warriors fan.
 
Not hugely surprising, but the timing seems kinda terrible. Really needed one more good season out of him, or even half of one. Unless they have something in the works...
I kind of feel like the timing is probably the best, not that I wanted Harris to retire. But it takes the decision out of AW's hands and you don't have that possibility now of having a player that potentially isn't performing as well as they previously had in the team. ANd its early enough in to preseason that its not going to be a big distraction closer to the season or even part way through.
 
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