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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[Noitall]

They have Pasikala in there despite him being removed from the NRL's site during preseason.
In addition to @Neo mentioning CHT, they state Boyd has a undecided player option which we all know he's activated

Does have Kosi to rabbits that’s pretty recent, but they are pretty unreliable. Looks like we’ve potentially got a few open spaces though?

 

[MrFrankWhite]

His agent is also Isaac Moses too.

Adam Doueihi ‘hasn’t technically’ signed with powerful player agent Isaac Moses | Sporting News Australia

Wests Tigers playmaker clears the air on management talks and keeps his future wide open.

www.sportingnews.com

 

[The Warrior Waka]

Would take AKP, Sami, Simonsen and Hiroti

Big pass on Hiroti. He's slower than Kosi.

 

[SJ2k]

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.

 

[kos]

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

 

[Mr. Brownstone]

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.

 

[peewee]

No way Metcalf worth $1m? I’d suggest based on how we’ve performed since his injury his value has probably only increased.

Would he of stopped last weeks loss?
I dont think so. Also would he of kicked all those conversions. I dont think so

 

[Warriorsfan92]

I want simonson. Gun player.

 

[Muddogz]

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.

 

[Ever Hopeful]

Would he of stopped last weeks loss?
I dont think so. Also would he of kicked all those conversions. I dont think so

100% he would have clinched the weekend's game imho. Between backing up the breaks, which no one else seems to have pace/nous to do, and just one of the red zone chances iced, I think we would have got home.

Conversions...maybe not!

 

[Ever Hopeful]

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.

 

[Ref]

I want simonson. Gun player.

He’s might be the 2026 version of Gerhart Shibasaki whoever signs him.
Webby could make a star out of him.

 

[CWC]

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?

 

[Five&Last]

I'm not at all keen on re-signing Bunty. Even for depth. He's in cruise control now.

Give the opportunity to someone more hungry. Whether that's one of our young NSW cup props or someone across the ditch.

 

[BangBro's (still banging)]

I'm not at all keen on re-signing Bunty. Even for depth. He's in cruise control now.

Give the opportunity to someone more hungry. Whether that's one of our young NSW cup props or someone across the ditch.

Crosby!

 

[Mr. Brownstone]

Would he of stopped last weeks loss?
I dont think so. Also would he have kicked all those conversions. I dont think so

Same circumstances with Herbie injuring himself at 20 minutes in? Absolutely we win that game with Metcalf.

 

[Five&Last]

Crosby!

Probably behind Salalilo and now even Rodney Vea has been racking up the starts.

 

[Theking267]

Boyd has already taken up his option. CHT and Hanson will take up there options. Pasikala will likely be replaced by Kali. Which takes it up to 27, and Salalilo, Tafua & Neal have been resigned till 28, which is presumably the squad for 26

 

[Noitall]

Boyd has already taken up his option. CHT and Hanson will take up there options. Pasikala will likely be replaced by Kali. Which takes it up to 27, and Salalilo, Tafua & Neal have been resigned till 28, which is presumably the squad for 26

CHT already signed for 2026. Plenty of development contracts too for some of the younger guys coming through

 

[Cces]

Boyd has already taken up his option. CHT and Hanson will take up there options. Pasikala will likely be replaced by Kali. Which takes it up to 27, and Salalilo, Tafua & Neal have been resigned till 28, which is presumably the squad for 26

What option has Hanson got? If it's anything it'd be a second year development contract wouldn't it? Can't see him dictating if he's Top 30 or not. Neal isn't even old enough to be eligible to play in the NRL because he won't be 18 for a large part of next year so we can definitively rule him out of the 2026 Top 30