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	✔	✔	✔
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	Taine Tuaupiki	✔	✔
24	Roger Tuivasa-Sheck	✔	✔
25	Demitric Vaimauga	✔	✔	✔	✔
26	Dylan Walker	✔
27	Dallin Watene-Zelezniak	✔	✔	✔
S1	Kayliss Faitialofa	S
S2	Kalani Going	S
S3	Luke Hanson	S
S4	Sio Kali	S
S5	Patrick Moimoi	S
S6	Tanner Stowers-Smith	S
-	Kahu Capper	T	T
-	Jett Cleary	T	S	S
-	Eddie Ieremia-Toeava	T
-	Motu Pasikala	T

C = Club option, M = Mutual option, P = Player option, S = Supplementary contract, T = Train & Trial contract

Confirmed Top 30 2025: 27/30
Confirmed Supplementary 2025: 6/6
Unconfirmed Top 30 2025: 27/30
Unconfirmed Supplementary 2025: 6/6

Confirmed Top 30 2026: 22/30
Confirmed Supplementary 2026: 1/6

2026 Gains: Nil
2026 Losses: Nil

Off Contract: Bunty Afoa, Tom Ale, Edward Kosi, Te Maire Martin, Charnze Nicoll-Klokstad, Adam Pompey, Dylan Walker

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[Leon Black]

Splitting hairs considering i'm comparing the distance to Auckland, but you're right. Do you think this impacts their recruitment? They're a shithouse club and it's embarassing.

They have a massive catchment area and juniors unlike Sydney clubs. Like saying the Chiefs are based in Auckland

 

[Leon Black]

Joseph Sua'ali'i another hyped Chook not doing much. Aussie rugby host on Stan said could be greatest debut in Super Rugby history.

Won’t be available mid year like Manu. Cash aside have no idea why league or ex union backs return.

They get fuck all ball unless they are playing Romania at the RWC. If we could sign any All Black, Caleb Clarke all day.

Wallace Sititi would be a weapon too. Same school as Demetric Vaimauga.

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[CWC]

James O’Connor was gun for the Crusaders tonight lol, looking like Reese Walsh these days; their debutant sub halfback came on and scored a hat trick looking like Egan too They’ve actually applied the 30 sec rules to speed up the game and we had 2 crackers, Suali’i looked great; I reckon speeding up the Super games will help the union boys transit to league easier fitness wise, if we still want to snap up union guys

The way Suali’li is going makes you wonder how mismanaged RTS was in both codes since 2022, if Reiko ends up being on the outer he could be interesting, ton of pace still and great defender, a showboat like AFB too

 

[wizard of Tauranga]

The way Suali’li is going makes you wonder how mismanaged RTS was in both codes since 2022,

Suali’li is young and still explosive. RTS was to old to change and more a workhorse at that point.

He only transitioned because he was burnt out from covid and only came back because he failed at union. He became a square peg in a round hole because his fullback position wasn’t available.

More unfortunate career planning from RTS due to covid than mismanagement from the teams he went to..

 

[SJ2k]

They have a massive catchment area and juniors unlike Sydney clubs. Like saying the Chiefs are based in Auckland

Fair enough, I probably shouldn't be so ignorant of Aus geography but I doubt many Aussies know where the Waikato is either. To my original point, that makes it even MORE embarassing how shit they've been.