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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[BlackToko88]

If it is Mulitalo then itll be interesting where RTS would play. Sounds like Berrys injury could be worse than feared?

Just need a big/good signing to light up the season

 

[WarriorsForever]

Ronnie has made it clear on his social media that his heart is at the shire and will do everything he can to remain at the sharks? Would love for the signing to be him though.

 

[Mr. Brownstone]

Ronnie has made it clear on his social media that his heart is at the shire and will do everything he can to remain at the sharks? Would love for the signing to be him though.

Money talks - with Tohu being officially
medically retired we will have a lot of coin to spend.

 

[SouthernWorrier]

Money talks - with Tohu being officially
medically retired we will have a lot of coin to spend.

It'd be 2026 tho wouldn't it... is the rumour for this year? Sharks certainly wouldn't release unless they're in cap strife.

We could sure use some additional strike..

 

[Drake_83]

Jono Wright is coming back, or Dane Nielson to rescue us and push us to that maiden premiership

 

[Mr. Brownstone]

It'd be 2026 tho wouldn't it... is the rumour for this year? Sharks certainly wouldn't release unless they're in cap strife.

We could sure use some additional strike..

Yeah I was just reviewing Mole’s quote and it referred to speedy outside back before the season kicks off - no way that is Mulitalo unfortunately. Great signing for 26 however.

 

[Mattbro]

T.koula

 

[Ramps]

Rumours are getting louder and louder everyday about Ronaldo to the wahs. Watch this space in the coming days

Yes please!!

 

[Kestrel84]

Surely it is no coincidence that Sio Kali and MGT are named so high up on the trial 1 team list. Why wouldn't we promote one of them into the top 30?

Not saying it is/isn't the right call, but you lose one fringe top 30 forward and replace them with a fringe top 30 back. Then you still have one spot to recruit externally before round 1 and another open for anything interesting available later in the year.

Are we going to recruit/promote 2 outside backs?

 

[Tookey 2.0]

T.koula

Have you heard something to this effect or just chucking up a name.
Still young, but I would have guessed Manly wouldn't be keen to part with him?

 

[Ramps]

Isn't Viliami Vailea off contract in 2025.. Kind of hoping it isn't him. Cobbo or staggs anyone? we have the money to do it. Mulitalo is the dream though.

 

[Mattbro]

Have you heard something to this effect or just chucking up a name.
Still young, but I would have guessed Manly wouldn't be keen to part with him?

 

[Too much]

Kotoni Staggs?

 

[Mattbro]

No juice but would fit the bill perfectly, cover center wing fb, speedy af, solid defence, mid range price, surely some nz connections

 

[Too much]

kotoni dating Richard Bechts (warriors media manager) daughter. Spent christmas in NZ too????

 

[MrFrankWhite]

Hazelton with Maratas money

Is this parody?

 

[JustLikeStartingOver]

if berry is no good think it needs to be primarily a centre who could play wing, Roger will have another average year if we keep moving him back and forth every week. MGT and Kosi can take hit ups and finish in the corner if they are pressed into service on the wing as backups - both of them just need to superglue their hands

 

[PhilsySH35]

Are you new to Rugby League?
Many teams do this. Josaiah Pulu and Lachie Galvin are two examples in the last 12 months of clubs digging their heels in and refusing to give an early release for their juniors to go play somewhere else.

shows how good the warriors are - too much!

 

[PhilsySH35]

His point still stands though. It’s not that uncommon for teams to refuse the release of players. How often it happens with NSW cup level guys would be hard to guess since it’s not exactly likely to hit the media like when players like Hunt have it happen.

get what both saying, and proves the point "how great are the warriors" they are o for awesome, letting go afb, toby so and so from the sharks, and now "zyon go hard young fella maiuu" - point is we all wahz fanz and you fallahz are very clever and know your stuff, oh and I love DJT (donald trump) too, hopefully he'll turn up to our game wahzup!!!!

 

[Wrighty]

if berry is no good think it needs to be primarily a centre who could play wing,