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	-	✔	✔	✔
-	Haizyn Mellars	✔	✔	✔
-	Motu Pasikala	T	?	?

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

Top 30 2026: 29/30
Supplementary 2026: 1/6

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

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

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[Cces]

Contradictory words, if Jett is actually in the Top 30 as ZeroTackle reported the other day

 

[CWC]

Off the sharks forum

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Warriors & Cowboys both keen on him.

Sharks sign all the dickheads

 

[Noitall]

Sharks sign all the dickheads

I think the initial poster was joking on the sharks one? Hopefully the whole thing is a joke

 

[CWC]

I think the initial poster was joking on the sharks one? Hopefully the whole thing is a joke

Hope the ego prick rumor is misinformation

 

[Noitall]

Hope the ego prick rumor is misinformation

Could be that the Chevy Stewart interest in to play wing?

 

[Dannevegas]

Fermor is their best most consistent player and (Gus here) an Original player

I wonder if Akp would be a project for us!

I’d much prefer Kali over Khan, he’s fast that’s it. Can’t even do a simple draw and pass

 

[Five&Last]

Contradictory words, if Jett is actually in the Top 30 as ZeroTackle reported the other day
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He's ages off first grade imo.

The platform that forward pack lays down in NSW cup, any half would look a million dollars.

Tbh I think we are starting to or will eventually see that with Boyd in first grade. He's not as good as many here think.

 

[Canonball]

This sheds some light on why he cant get game time and is being offloaded. Whats with dudes who can run fast and have crazy big egos..

Revoke my sign assessment. Pass

He carried that thru onto field one or two times as well - anyone else remember the DWZ hair-pull? Would be more than symbolic capitulation of a no dickheads policy if dwz was then dropped for him

 

[Dannevegas]

He's ages off first grade imo.

The platform that forward pack lays down in NSW cup, any half would look a million dollars.

Tbh I think we are starting to or will eventually see that with Boyd in first grade. He's not as good as many here think.

Which halves would go with Metcalf out?

 

[sydneywarrior92]

Jett is still finding his feet. As others have said, he is miles off first grade. He needs to work on his kicking game, both general play and goal kicking. I think there was a game 2 weeks prior where we beat the bears 32-18 but outscored them 7 tries to three. It looked closer than it was because he only kicked like 2/7. But these things happen at his stage of development. It's too early to make a judgment on him one way or the other. But from the games I've seen, there are certainly signs of potential. He definitely has a sharp running game and is willing to take risks when opportunities present themselves. That's something we've been missing in the top grade with Luke's injury.

He is definitely worth the investment we are putting into him. I can also see him staying if he wants to prove himself outside the shadow of Nathan and his father. We would be the perfect place for him to develop given that we are a club on the up that is finally starting to get things right in terms of our pathways. A Jett/Luke halves combination in late 2026 would be fire imo.

 

[Five&Last]

Jett is still finding his feet. As others have said, he is miles off first grade. He needs to work on his kicking game, both general play and goal kicking. I think there was a game 2 weeks prior where we beat the bears 32-18 but outscored them 7 tries to three. It looked closer than it was because he only kicked like 2/7. But these things happen at his stage of development. It's too early to make a judgment on him one way or the other. But from the games I've seen, there are certainly signs of potential. He definitely has a sharp running game and is willing to take risks when opportunities present themselves. That's something we've been missing in the top grade with Luke's injury.

See, I like his potential as a game manager and his general kicking game is really promising.

But i couldn't disagree more on the running game.

The amount of times he's thrown a dummy, ran straight, gotten hit in a dominant tackle which completely halts all moment.

He had the game of his life on the weekend in terms of running the ball. No other team would fall for that dummy, even Jersey Flegg teams weren't.

 

[Playdaball]

I’d much prefer Kali over Khan, he’s fast that’s it. Can’t even do a simple draw and pass

Kali’s time will come at the Warriors especially with RTS having one more year and injury prone three quarters.
Khan is first grade ready now and has first grade experience plus speed ( as does Kali).
Surely the club won’t resign Harper and Kosi isn’t up to first grade either. This leaves room for 2 first grade standard players .
Club needs to approach suitable players - if on or off contract as always loopholes .

 

[Cces]

The inevitable loss of some of our Harold Matts squad

 

[france]

Enter Barney, Nothing like a changing room tour /One outs can't fix.

run the gauntlet through our young guys & see how much he's got to say after that...it worked back in the day lol

 

[Five&Last]

The inevitable loss of some of our Harold Matts squad
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Lucian is a huge loss

 

[Warriorsfan92]

The inevitable loss of some of our Harold Matts squad
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I posted this last week but wasn’t sure it was offical so deleted the post.

 

[sydneywarrior92]

The inevitable loss of some of our Harold Matts squad
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can't keep them all. As long as we keep Bishop, I'm all good though. With our junior pathways beginning, I'm confident in our ability to replenish any lost junior talent. We won the Harold Matts two years in a row with two completely different squads.

 

[Wahs_Ultras]

Lucian is a huge loss

6”4 or 6”5 at 16 isnt he? One of the few bigger forwards coming through the grades that would have been worth hanging onto with our lack of size.

 

[The Warrior Waka]

Lucian is a huge loss

Fuck that sucks! We should of known. Webby doesn't like our props to be taller than 6ft1

 

[Dannevegas]

Kali’s time will come at the Warriors especially with RTS having one more year and injury prone three quarters.
Khan is first grade ready now and has first grade experience plus speed ( as does Kali).
Surely the club won’t resign Harper and Kosi isn’t up to first grade either. This leaves room for 2 first grade standard players .
Club needs to approach suitable players - if on or off contract as always loopholes .

There’s a 2 on 1 vs the fullback , in the clear probaly seen this scenario 5 times and khan kicks for himself every time instead of drawing and passing. He sucks plus Kali’s 20 years old perfect time to make the jump