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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[BangBro's (still banging)]

Too far …

He's won a premiership!

 

[SJ2k]

We're currently looking at starting Kosi in our first reg season game. What a shit show by the club releasing all these players with no recruits. We have 3 spots in the 30 and should have a ton of cap space. Kosi is not good enough to be our only back up winger. Massive own goal right here. Still dirty on us letting Curran go too.

 

[Playdaball]

He's won a premiership!

So did Zane Tetivano and Will Chambers - wouldn’t sign them either

 

[Fizurg]

Wonder if we could loan one of the Arthur’s brothers .

 

[Playdaball]

Wonder if we could loan one of the Arthur’s brothers .

Daley??

 

[BangBro's (still banging)]

Worst case scenario, kosi plays well for the opening stanza and we extend him!

 

[Ever Hopeful]

Sione Katoa not named in what is essentially the Sharks A-squad this weekend. Did he pick up an injury/head knock?

 

[Wrighty]

Wonder if we could loan one of the Arthur’s brothers .

I think a loan is a really good idea. And that is the stage we are at with our injury depth until Dallin returns.

 

[Playdaball]

This is actually bad recruitment that we find ourselves in a position where we don’t really have any specialist wingers:
RTS- is he a fullback, centre or wing?
TT - is a fullback or five eight?

Pompey - played a few years ago but too slow
Ali - may have to play wing , but may not have sufficient centre cover if Berry and Pompey are injured

Kosi - just not up to the required standard

Plus a few young guys who really are not ready for first grade yet.

Do we call up CHT for wing - a joke but perhaps not?

 

[Dannevegas]

If the clubs not working overtime right now to sign 2 gun winger/centres, we’re fucked

 

[Playdaball]

If the clubs not working overtime right now to sign 2 gun winger/centres, we’re fucked

… we’re farked then!! Chance that RTS will get injured soon.
Need to look at England too .

 

[Playdaball]

Put out a SoS call to Paddy Ah Van . Isn’t Fusitua in town , ha ha ha ha

 

[Billyspleen75]

Put out a SoS call to Paddy Ah Van . Isn’t Fusitua in town , ha ha ha ha

Would be ok with us signing Fusitua on a 1 year deal. Won't cost a lot and would just be depth. Only 30

 

[Wrighty]

If dreams are free - first door I am knocking in is Penrith. They don't really need both Casey and Jesse and we can promise first grade time to the one they don't want.

 

[BangBro's (still banging)]

If dreams are free - first door I am knocking in is Penrith. They don't really need both Casey and Jesse and we can promise first grade time to the one they don't want.

More favour's from Ivan!

 

[Warriorsfan92]

Centres off contract:
Grant Anderson, Braidon Burns, Mawene Hiroti, Delouise Hoeter, Asu Kepaoa, Aaron Schoupp, Harley Smith-Shields, Tommy Talau,

Fb off contract;

Corey Allan, Tom Chester, Kade Dykes, Daine Laurie, Will Pryce, Blake Wilson

Wingers off contract:
Selwyn Cobbo, Robert Derby, Haze Dunster, Jojo Fifita, Tony Francis, Albert Hopoate, Alex Johnston, Tyrone Munro, Sam Stonestreet, Raymond Tuaimalo Vaega, Christian Tuipulotu, Semi Valemei

I only selected the players I’d even be remotely interested. Of these, currently either fighting for 1st grade ops or starting in cup, my targets would be:

Grant Anderson
Asu Kepaoa
Tommy talau
Daine laurie
Blake wilson
Jojo fifita
Albert hopoate
Christian tuipulotu
Semi valemei

None of the above are starters. All have been solid, some have been exceptional when given chances. They’re young too.

My 1,2,3 would be Fifita 1, Wilson 2, Laurie 3.

We have cap. We have a vacant wing spot. We’re not a basket case of a club. If I was any of these guys, I’d be on the phone to my manager tonight, and saying get me over there. I’ll take a pay bump, but more importantly I’ll get a chance to play regular NRL.

We can’t be going into 2025 with Kosi as a starter, it won’t end well. With DWZ sidelines for 6-12 weeks, this has just been exacerbated. In all honesty, this has probably been the first major fuck up from recruitment, alongside Zyon Maiu’u but that’s a different convo. We released Marcelo, essentially saying he’d be third string. We’ve now lost Marcelo AND DWZ, and Kosi is an nrl starter.

Personally I’d be playing Tuaupiki and RTS, but again, our depth has evaporated overnight. I’m expecting a signing in the next 2 weeks, this is actually an urgent issue.

 

[run_it_str8_again]

So did Zane Tetivano and Will Chambers - wouldn’t sign them either

Chambers has a punchable face

 

[Wrighty]

Other dreams are free suggestion - Daniel Tupou - he is turns 34 in June. Le Rooster might let him go based on how old he is.
In general i would be on the phone to Roosters as they have been kind to us before and we have a good rapport with them.

 

[tajhay]

If I was any of these guys, I’d be on the phone to my manager tonight, and saying get me over there. I’ll take a pay bump, but more importantly I’ll get a chance to play regular NRL.

They wont get a pay bump this season according to nrl rules enforced. So itll be primarily for the opportunity and potential longer contract. But you leave everything you grew up with for that opportunity. Getting people over to Auckland is not as easy as you may think.

 

[WarriorsForever]

I wonder if Jesse Arthars is an option? I don’t imagine he would be on much money but if the Broncos are trying to get Cobbo to stay, they would definitely have to release a player or 2 for next season.