Recruitment Warriors 2025/2026 Recruitment & Retention

Warriors 2025/2026 Recruitment & Retention Discussion
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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Please god can we get a signing announcement. I'm sure the club would love to have some good news, given our injury woes completely derailing our season. It is massively unfair and the club is doing everything right in a way I cannot recall us ever doing. I hope players are taking note of the magic Webby is working. All those early release players only consider doing so because we've increased their value.

Also if Niukore wanted to move on that would be fine. Can't wait to get that dead shit off our cap. But we're already managing our cap incredibly well, it is so lean. Signings are the issue. We would be just fine paying overs for a couple of backs for next year with the way our roster is setup. No chance but someone like Herbie would be fucking outstanding. Don't care if we pay him 200k overs. We're running out a bunch of 19 year olds and nsw cup players at this point for the next 2 years. No way Metcalf gets a mill+ anymore, we must have major cash to spend.
 
Please god can we get a signing announcement. I'm sure the club would love to have some good news, given our injury woes completely derailing our season. It is massively unfair and the club is doing everything right in a way I cannot recall us ever doing. I hope players are taking note of the magic Webby is working. All those early release players only consider doing so because we've increased their value.

Also if Niukore wanted to move on that would be fine. Can't wait to get that dead shit off our cap. But we're already managing our cap incredibly well, it is so lean. Signings are the issue. We would be just fine paying overs for a couple of backs for next year with the way our roster is setup. No chance but someone like Herbie would be fucking outstanding. Don't care if we pay him 200k overs. We're running out a bunch of 19 year olds and nsw cup players at this point for the next 2 years. No way Metcalf gets a mill+ anymore, we must have major cash to spend.
Marata gets picked every week week after week after week
Coach Webster must see some magic dust there with Marata that fans cannot see
 
Please god can we get a signing announcement. I'm sure the club would love to have some good news, given our injury woes completely derailing our season. It is massively unfair and the club is doing everything right in a way I cannot recall us ever doing. I hope players are taking note of the magic Webby is working. All those early release players only consider doing so because we've increased their value.

Also if Niukore wanted to move on that would be fine. Can't wait to get that dead shit off our cap. But we're already managing our cap incredibly well, it is so lean. Signings are the issue. We would be just fine paying overs for a couple of backs for next year with the way our roster is setup. No chance but someone like Herbie would be fucking outstanding. Don't care if we pay him 200k overs. We're running out a bunch of 19 year olds and nsw cup players at this point for the next 2 years. No way Metcalf gets a mill+ anymore, we must have major cash to spend.
No way Metcalf worth $1m? I’d suggest based on how we’ve performed since his injury his value has probably only increased.
 
No way Metcalf worth $1m? I’d suggest based on how we’ve performed since his injury his value has probably only increased.
Theres been a downward trend since we lost Barnett, a great performance against the Sharks aside. If there is a players whose value has increased post injury I’d argue its Barnett.

Metcalf was great while playing but he’s been injured for significant periods for every season he’s played at the Warriors and some big injuries prior to coming here.
 
Theres been a downward trend since we lost Barnett, a great performance against the Sharks aside. If there is a players whose value has increased post injury I’d argue its Barnett.

Metcalf was great while playing but he’s been injured for significant periods for every season he’s played at the Warriors and some big injuries prior to coming here.
I think it is the combo of the two that was the end of the top 4. I reckon we could have got 3rd/4th without Barnett due as much as anything to a soft draw.
 
Please god can we get a signing announcement. I'm sure the club would love to have some good news, given our injury woes completely derailing our season. It is massively unfair and the club is doing everything right in a way I cannot recall us ever doing. I hope players are taking note of the magic Webby is working. All those early release players only consider doing so because we've increased their value.

Also if Niukore wanted to move on that would be fine. Can't wait to get that dead shit off our cap. But we're already managing our cap incredibly well, it is so lean. Signings are the issue. We would be just fine paying overs for a couple of backs for next year with the way our roster is setup. No chance but someone like Herbie would be fucking outstanding. Don't care if we pay him 200k overs. We're running out a bunch of 19 year olds and nsw cup players at this point for the next 2 years. No way Metcalf gets a mill+ anymore, we must have major cash to spend.

Marata would be good for depth experience but at close to 800K 😂 Maybe Laban is used as a prop/second row utility that gives EIT and Fats more game time and less pressure on the cup junior props to debut next year

Can we play Marata at cup next year and then he’ll ask for a release?
 
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