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	Jett Cleary	✔	S	S
9	Wayde Egan	✔	✔	✔
10	James Fisher-Harris	✔	✔	✔	✔
11	Jackson Ford	✔	✔	✔
12	Leka Halasima	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔
13	Morgan Harper	✔
14	Chanel Harris-Tavita	✔	✔
15	Sam Healey	✔	✔	✔
16	Edward Kosi	✔
17	Jacob Laban	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔
18	Ali Leiataua	✔	✔	✔
19	Jye Linnane	✔	✔	✔	✔
20	Freddy Lussick	✔	✔
21	Te Maire Martin	✔
22	Luke Metcalf	✔	✔
23	Charnze Nicoll-Klokstad	✔	✔	✔
24	Marata Niukore	✔	✔
25	Adam Pompey	✔	✔	✔
26	Tanner Stowers-Smith	✔	✔	✔
27	Taine Tuaupiki	✔	✔
28	Roger Tuivasa-Sheck	✔	✔
29	Demitric Vaimauga	✔	✔	✔	✔
30	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
-	Morgan Gannon	-	✔	✔	✔
-	Motu Pasikala	T	?	?

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

Top 30 2025: 30/30
Supplementary 2025: 6/6

Top 30 2026: 26/30
Supplementary 2026: 1/6

2026 Gains: Morgan Gannon (Leeds Rhinos)
2026 Losses: Edward Kosi (South Sydney Rabbitohs)

Off Contract: Bunty Afoa, Tom Ale, Morgan Harper, Te Maire Martin
Can negotiate with other clubs from Nov 1, 2025 (Entering final year) : Rocco Berry, Tanah Boyd, Kurt Capewell, Chanel Harris-Tavita, Freddy Lussick, Luke Metcalf, Marata Niukore, Taine Tuaupiki, Roger Tuivasa-Sheck

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[Playdaball]

Zyon Maiu’u Maui’u getting offered to other other clubs

A heap of fans , including myself, were surprised when the club let him go to the Dogs ...

 

[Tookey 2.0]

A heap of fans , including myself, were surprised when the club let him go to the Dogs ...

Imo that validates Webby's call to let him leave.
Went to a team who didn't have a great amount of good middles, and still hasn't had a look in.

With that being said, I wouldn't be too mad if he came back here. Could be the kick up the bum that he needed, he can see he needs to put the work in if he wants to excel, what better place to do that then at home with all your mates around you.

We're likely losing Ale and Bunty next year, so he'd be good to hang about on cup and continue to develop.
How do those that know a bit more about our Cup team feel about that? I hope he won't be blocking anyone, but if we lost Bunty, Ale and Lussick I imagine there's a few gaps for our front row?

 

[Hitro]

Imo that validates Webby's call to let him leave.
Went to a team who didn't have a great amount of good middles, and still hasn't had a look in.

With that being said, I wouldn't be too mad if he came back here. Could be the kick up the bum that he needed, he can see he needs to put the work in if he wants to excel, what better place to do that then at home with all your mates around you.

We're likely losing Ale and Bunty next year, so he'd be good to hang about on cup and continue to develop.
How do those that know a bit more about our Cup team feel about that? I hope he won't be blocking anyone, but if we lost Bunty, Ale and Lussick I imagine there's a few gaps for our front row?

I think the fact that the Bulldogs were willing to let him go after we were willing to as well speaks volumes. TSS was already starting ahead of him before he left and by all accounts leapfrogged him in the depth chart. unfortunately he might be the guy that doesn't have that next level in him, and McFadden and Webster picked it early.

Jason Salalilo looks the goods from the limited mins he's had in cup and all Zyon Maiu’u would be doing is blocking his development if he came back. We are going to start running out of middle slots in the next few years if we keep producing prospects at the rate we are now!

 

[CWC]

And Neal might end up at cup at some stage next year if the hype is real

 

[Wah's Up]

I'm pretty sure that Cappy will remember the last time we had a heap of young talent coming through (2016 - 2017) and we let go of too much experience to make sure we kept the young ones who then let us down. Need to keep Capewell, Fish, Barney etc. for as long as we can to make sure the youngsters coming through learn the hard yards of such a tough competition.

 

[BangBro's (still banging)]

Zyon Maiu’u Maui’u getting offered to other other clubs

Should we offer him a deal?

 

[france]

Should we offer him a deal?

no

 

[rugged]

Cobbo on a deal to the end of the season would be worth a shout

 

[KO WAI RA]

The reset is already 2&1/2 yrs deep….
Webbys standards are raising the bar….
Accountability is being personally accountable….
But please coach!!!
Find some FG ready speed

 

[BangBro's (still banging)]

no

 

[Canonball]

Cobbo on a deal to the end of the season would be worth a shout

I'd second that - he's great talent, and reckon he'd get on well here

 

[3rdstriker]

I suggest that most expert pundits do not consider us premiership hopes because of our poor record against the Storm and Canberra. The narrow wins against lessor opponents (except the Sharks) simply adds to their doubts of us being a genuine chance. The poor performance against a depleted Panthers' team did not take away that doubt even among the most staunch of supporters

Good, hopefully if we keep snagging a coupla more wins we can keep flying under the radar.🛩

 

[Dannevegas]

Broncos will need an extra 300-400k to keep Cobbo. Send us Arthers or Mariner

 

[sup42]

Should we offer him a deal?

What do you think?

Can anyone make a case for offering Zyon Maiu’u a lifeline?

 

[Dannevegas]

What do you think?

Can anyone make a case for offering Zyon Maiu’u a lifeline?

Na, if he came back now would he even make cup? I don’t think he would. Ale, Afoa, Salalilo and Crosby in cup, can’t see him leaping any of them.
Also we still need to re-sign Ale. Hopefully

 

[Tokyo Warrior]

What do you think?

Can anyone make a case for offering Zyon Maiu’u a lifeline?

I think we should. He came up with all the young guys making their mark now, he stood up in his debut when many other more senior players didn't, and we are better than those cut-throat Australian fucks.

 

[Five&Last]

Imo that validates Webby's call to let him leave.
Went to a team who didn't have a great amount of good middles, and still hasn't had a look in.

With that being said, I wouldn't be too mad if he came back here. Could be the kick up the bum that he needed, he can see he needs to put the work in if he wants to excel, what better place to do that then at home with all your mates around you.

We're likely losing Ale and Bunty next year, so he'd be good to hang about on cup and continue to develop.
How do those that know a bit more about our Cup team feel about that? I hope he won't be blocking anyone, but if we lost Bunty, Ale and Lussick I imagine there's a few gaps for our front row?

We’re losing Ale and/or Bunty for a reason.

There’s no space for Zyon Maiu’u.

 

[Five&Last]

And Neal might end up at cup at some stage next year if the hype is real

Potentially a year too early.

Halasima didn’t debut in cup until the following year age wise

 

[Noitall]

I think we should. He came up with all the young guys making their mark now, he stood up in his debut when many other more senior players didn't, and we are better than those cut-throat Australian fucks.

Sounds like fitness is the issue apparently

 

[Falcon]

Na, if he came back now would he even make cup? I don’t think he would. Ale, Afoa, Salalilo and Crosby in cup, can’t see him leaping any of them.
Also we still need to re-sign Ale. Hopefully

I think he would be a better 2nd rower than a prop. This is where he came to prominence through the grades of I’m right.
The transition to the middle saw his development stall in my opinion.