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: 27/30
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
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]

I bloody hope so. Niukore is a liability in an edge. Everyone blaming Boyd, dwz, but the issues start with niukores inability to move laterally, causing a chain reaction. Niukore is a middle.

Interesting that they’ve gradually extended his minutes over the weeks where he played 72 minutes against the bulldogs and 80 minutes against the dragons

 

[Warriorsfan92]

Interesting that they’ve gradually extended his minutes over the weeks where he played 72 minutes against the bulldogs and 80 minutes against the dragons

I think it’s out of desperation. I’m hoping he’s either back to middle rotation or splits the role 50/30 with leka off the bench. He’s really offering nothing & a burden to our salary cap

 

[Noitall]

I think it’s out of desperation. I’m hoping he’s either back to middle rotation is splits the role 50/30 with leka off the bench. He’s really offering nothing & a burden to our salary cap

He would one of a couple that I wouldn’t be surprised to see the club say you can leave now if you find something and won’t be extended past 2026. Coming back from injury, I wonder if this is a big period for Berry? If he picks up another injury, I wouldn’t be surprised to see him in a similar situation

 

[Warriorsfan92]

He would one of a couple that I wouldn’t be surprised to see the club say you can leave now if you find something and won’t be extended past 2026. Coming back from injury, I wonder if this is a big period for Berry? If he picks up another injury, I wouldn’t be surprised to see him in a similar situation

I’d like to think he would’ve played majority off the bench in 2025 if it hadn’t been for all the injuries. That’s where he was when we were at full strength. In that regard he’s probably been quite valuable but ultimately he’s a liability on the edge & every team is targeting our right edge with a high success rate. Until we sort that edge we will continue to leak points

 

[Noitall]

I’d like to think he would’ve played majority off the bench in 2025 if it hadn’t been for all the injuries. That’s where he was when we were at full strength. In that regard he’s probably been quite valuable but ultimately he’s a liability on the edge & every team is targeting our right edge with a high success rate. Until we sort that edge we will continue to leak points

When I look at his stats, that looks his most value in that he often stays healthy and plays a majority of games. Hasn’t really offered what he did at eels from 2020 on with Papali’i, who also hasn’t been the player he was at that period