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	Morgan Harper	✔
13	Chanel Harris-Tavita	✔	✔
14	Sam Healey	✔	✔	✔
15	Edward Kosi	✔
16	Jacob Laban	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔
17	Ali Leiataua	✔	✔	✔
18	Freddy Lussick	✔	✔
19	Te Maire Martin	✔
20	Luke Metcalf	✔	✔
21	Charnze Nicoll-Klokstad	✔	✔	✔
22	Marata Niukore	✔	✔
23	Adam Pompey	✔	✔	✔
24	Tanner Stowers-Smith	✔
25	Taine Tuaupiki	✔	✔
26	Roger Tuivasa-Sheck	✔	✔
27	Demitric Vaimauga	✔	✔	✔	✔
28	Dallin Watene-Zelezniak	✔	✔	✔
S1	Kayliss Fatialofa	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
-	Morgan Gannon	-	✔	✔	✔
-	Jye Linnane	-	✔	✔	✔
-	Motu Pasikala	T	?	?

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

Confirmed Top 30 2025: 28/30
Confirmed Supplementary 2025: 6/6

Confirmed Top 30 2026: 25/30
Confirmed Supplementary 2026: 1/6

2026 Gains: Jye Linnane (Newcastle Knights), Morgan Gannon (Leeds Rhinos)
2026 Losses: Nil

Off Contract: Bunty Afoa, Tom Ale, Morgan Harper, Edward Kosi, Te Maire Martin, Tanner Stowers-Smith
Off Contract from 01/11/25 : Rocco Berry, Tanah Boyd, Kurt Capewell, Chanel Harris-Tavita, Freddy Lussick, Luke Metcalf, Marata Niukore, Taine Tuaupiki, Roger Tuivasa-Sheck

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[Dippa]

With Reed Mahoney given permission to negotiate with rivals, I have this funny feeling that he will be looking across the Tasman. Gus seems to have a genie in a bottle and his wish eventually comes true. Could he grab Wayne Egan, could he grab Sam Healey who supposedly seems unsettled. Watch this space!

 

[Dantheman]

With Reed Mahoney given permission to negotiate with rivals, I have this funny feeling that he will be looking across the Tasman. Gus seems to have a genie in a bottle and his wish eventually comes true. Could he grab Wayne Egan, could he grab Sam Healey who supposedly seems unsettled. Watch this space!

Can’t see either of those happening. Pretty sure they will just play howard at hooker. They probably just needed to clear cap space for Galvin.

 

[Noitall]

With Reed Mahoney given permission to negotiate with rivals, I have this funny feeling that he will be looking across the Tasman. Gus seems to have a genie in a bottle and his wish eventually comes true. Could he grab Wayne Egan, could he grab Sam Healey who supposedly seems unsettled. Watch this space!

You heard something?

 

[Mr. Brownstone]

With Reed Mahoney given permission to negotiate with rivals, I have this funny feeling that he will be looking across the Tasman. Gus seems to have a genie in a bottle and his wish eventually comes true. Could he grab Wayne Egan, could he grab Sam Healey who supposedly seems unsettled. Watch this space!

Bailey Hayward the hooker for them, although I’m very comfortable with them signing Wayne Egan… is he a relation of Wayde or Dylan?

 

[peewee]

With Reed Mahoney given permission to negotiate with rivals, I have this funny feeling that he will be looking across the Tasman. Gus seems to have a genie in a bottle and his wish eventually comes true. Could he grab Wayne Egan, could he grab Sam Healey who supposedly seems unsettled. Watch this space!

He is a prick.
But so is/was Tapine and look how they f..... with us.
If he's good for the club then get him

 

[Damo]

He is a prick.
But so is/was Tapine and look how they f..... with us.
If he's good for the club then get him

Might need to read again. He's talking about Gus poaching Egan or Healey.

 

[Dannevegas]

Sam Healey who supposedly seems unsettled. Watch this space!

U heard something? Hope not kids an absolute gun and should be on our bench

 

[Noitall]

U heard something? Hope not kids an absolute gun and should be on our bench

Silly sin bin from him in nsw cup

 

[peewee]

Might need to read again. He's talking about Gus poaching Egan or Healey.

And I was talking about getting Reed Mahony.
Nothing to do with Gus

 

[Damo]

And I was talking about getting Reed Mahony.
Nothing to do with Gus

Why? Mahoney isn't coming here. Nor do we need him with three hookers on the books.

 

[Bruiser]

Why? Mahoney isn't coming here. Nor do we need him with three hookers on the books.

whos the third?
didn't you know that lussick now identifies as a prop

 

[MrFrankWhite]

And I was talking about getting Reed Mahony.
Nothing to do with Gus

Surely you jest

 

[j_p]

Might need to read again. He's talking about Gus poaching Egan or Healey.

I doubt Egan would get poached, seems happy here plus his brother is still signed in the lower grades as far as I know.

 

[3rdstriker]

whos the third?
didn't you know that lussick now identifies as a prop

Tmm is versatile lock him up as someone who can identify as a half, five eighth, fullback, hooker, hell he can even have a spell at Lock.

 

[SJ2k]

Can’t see either of those happening. Pretty sure they will just play howard at hooker. They probably just needed to clear cap space for Galvin.

They fucking better be clearing cap space or the NRL is a farce. I can't remember anything like the signing spree the dogs have been on these past few years. No way in hell should they have been able to afford Galvin with all these signings AND Leo Thompson next year. When you consider they've achieved nothing at all in recent memory, so it's not like they got a discount on most of this talent, their cap makes zero sense.

We're having to build a squad from the ground up and have a decent chance of losing players we develop like Metcalf, even though we can afford them. The farce with the bulldogs is a mockery.

 

[Mr. Brownstone]

They fucking better be clearing cap space or the NRL is a farce. I can't remember anything like the signing spree the dogs have been on these past few years. No way in hell should they have been able to afford Galvin with all these signings AND Leo Thompson next year. When you consider they've achieved nothing at all in recent memory, so it's not like they got a discount on most of this talent, their cap makes zero sense.

We're having to build a squad from the ground up and have a decent chance of losing players we develop like Metcalf, even though we can afford them. The farce with the bulldogs is a mockery.

It’s not that bad - they played moneyball on a heap of their signings. Players like Mann, Tracey, Curran, Xerri were prob signed at or below market value. Burton & Max King they got at great value. Sure they paid up for Kikau, Mahoney, Fox, but 1 of them has already left & another will go soon. They aren’t paying huge dollars for Galvin either.

 

[juju]

They fucking better be clearing cap space or the NRL is a farce. I can't remember anything like the signing spree the dogs have been on these past few years. No way in hell should they have been able to afford Galvin with all these signings AND Leo Thompson next year. When you consider they've achieved nothing at all in recent memory, so it's not like they got a discount on most of this talent, their cap makes zero sense.

We're having to build a squad from the ground up and have a decent chance of losing players we develop like Metcalf, even though we can afford them. The farce with the bulldogs is a mockery.

Gould just recruits at will, praises them up in the media and then ruthlessly cuts them when he deems them surplus.
Its a bit shady but it works.

I used to laugh when he was going on about Penriths 5 year plan...

 

[Noitall]

Gould just recruits at will, praises them up in the media and then ruthlessly cuts them when he deems them surplus.
Its a bit shady but it works.

I used to laugh when he was going on about Penriths 5 year plan...

Bit of a catch 22 when you’re wanting the squad to build a bond between them though. If players are doing all expected of them in training hard and getting results, teammates feel a bit disappointed for the person they’ve come to build a bond with and been shat on. That’s apparently the situation at bulldogs right now with players feeling sympathy for Sexton and unhappy with the club. Think the difference between bulldogs and panthers in what they built is bulldogs are a team of mercenaries and panthers kept a group of highly rated players coming through the grades together

 

[CWC]

Bit ironic the dogs brand themselves as the club for the poor against the elites of the Roosters, then spend big on all these panthers, Leo and now Galvin, as hypocritical as their TV propagandist/recruitment guru

 

[Noitall]

Tanah Boyd makes big call on NRL future amid Cowboys interest

He has been linked with a move away from New Zealand.

www.zerotackle.com

Tanah Boyd taking up his option for next year and sticking around. Think the club would have been honest with him and he could still be in their plans? He may be depth but if he gets an opportunity, he might grab it with both hands. Think now if TMM is to be extended, it’s as a 14 going forward. Still a possibility, we signed Walker as a bench utility who can fill multiple positions and TMM has that in his arsenal. If he got a preseason to become accustomed to lock off the bench, I’d back him with him a strong defender. That’s possibly where Gannon fits in though?