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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[Defence]

If it’s true we’re looking for a front rower Francis molo is Auckland born and has requested an immediate release…..

 

[Noitall]

Dolphins, Warriors, dragons, knights and an unnamed sydney team interested in Dylan Brown and he’s asking $1.2 million per season

 

[Inruin]

Dolphins, Warriors, dragons, knights and an unnamed sydney team interested in Dylan Brown and he’s asking $1.2 million per season

Man that's a lot of coin for a 5/8

 

[BangBro's (still banging)]

Dolphins, Warriors, dragons, knights and an unnamed sydney team interested in Dylan Brown and he’s asking $1.2 million per season

 

[Defence]

Man that's a lot of coin for a 5/8

Getting up there isn’t it- 10% of your salary cap.

 

[Inruin]

Getting up there isn’t it- 10% of your salary cap.

Mind you, @Mr. Brownstone paid $4.5m for Ricky Stuart so maybe Brown is a bargain in comparison

 

[Noitall]

Man that's a lot of coin for a 5/8

Would imagine there’s negotiations going on at eels to get rid of his options with a lot of players getting contracts sorted over there recently. Feels a bit to me that it’s more of an indicator he wants out of the eels pronto in the asking price? He knows well that with the high price comes high expectations, so if he thinks he’s got it in him, good luck to him

 

[Defence]

Mind you, @Mr. Brownstone paid $4.5m for Ricky Stuart so maybe Brown is a bargain in comparison

Yeh but I signed Jerome Hughes for $550k and no way browns worth two Hughes!

 

[Mr. Brownstone]

Mind you, @Mr. Brownstone paid $4.5m for Ricky Stuart so maybe Brown is a bargain in comparison

and yet I still won - just confirms that Sticky is the greatest player of the modern era.

 

[Mr. Brownstone]

Yeh but I signed Jerome Hughes for $550k and no way browns worth two Hughes!

Did anyone even bother trading Brown in? If he’s not good enough for our sheep game then how could he be good enough for the Warriors?

 

[Makasene]

Always liked Sipley- was gutted when he left- thought his brother was underrated too.
Knees a concern at his age.
Just on manly- I have heard on the grapevine that they’re told jason sabbs manager he’s free to look around- he’s still got like four years to run on his contract but they need to find space for Tommy talua and lehi hopoate.

I would have to say a big no to Jason Saab.

Just doesn't fit the mould for our wingers, primarily he is fast, elusive, skillful...

 

[Blain]

Dolphins, Warriors, dragons, knights and an unnamed sydney team interested in Dylan Brown and he’s asking $1.2 million per season

Says who? I'm guessing a Sydney media rag? Because I could come up with the same list after 2 beers.

 

[Worried2Death]

Says who? I'm guessing a Sydney media rag? Because I could come up with the same list after 2 beers.

Couple more and we'll be the front-runners

 

[tajhay]

Couple more and we'll be the front-runners

You would think that any club even contemplating 1.2m a season for a player of his skillset is already well over the limit.

 

[Noitall]

Says who? I'm guessing a Sydney media rag? Because I could come up with the same list after 2 beers.

Bit of db draught might have all the answers. Think that’s his fancy craft beer he started

 

[Tookey 2.0]

Surely someone can have a sneaky word to Jahrome Hughes for us.
Let him kindly know that the Wahs have 1.2mil that they're keen to spend on a half and will offer it to Brown if Hughes isn't keen.

Dylan Brown on 200k more than what he's worth is better than having no elite half at all imo. Especially when we already have a great forward pack, which he is likely to go well behind.

Not keen on those yearly clauses tho

 

[BangBro's (still banging)]

Surely someone can have a sneaky word to Jahrome Hughes for us.
Let him kindly know that the Wahs have 1.2mil that they're keen to spend on a half and will offer it to Brown if Hughes isn't keen.

Dylan Brown on 200k more than what he's worth is better than having no elite half at all imo. Especially when we already have a great forward pack, which he is likely to go well behind.

Not keen on those yearly clauses tho

He's not elite, we could end up losing a young gun signing a guy on this much, it's a huge risk imo.

To be on over 1mill you need to be yes elite and a match winner, not sure he's there yet, not to say he could get there?

 

[Damo]

To be on over 1mill you need to be yes elite and a match winner, not sure he's there yet, not to say he could get there?

It's kind of one of those risks we need to take in the clubs position, similar to the Sharks and Hynes.

 

[BangBro's (still banging)]

It's kind of one of those risks we need to take in the clubs position, similar to the Sharks and Hynes.

Do we even have that kind of cash?

 

[Damo]

Do we even have that kind of cash?

For 2026, apparently we do.