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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[Wahs_Ultras]

Davvy is only 22 with 70 games of first grade played! Can’t quite understand those saying that he is not good/not worth it. His best years are still ahead of him! Pretty much every player who has come to the club in recent years has evolved to another level under Webby. With us losing 2 fringe FG props, it’s pretty crucial we sign another this offseason. Our prop depth is pretty dire as it is.

 

[Noitall]

Davvy is only 22 with 70 games of first grade played! Can’t quite understand those saying that he is not good/not worth it. His best years are still ahead of him! Pretty much every player who has come to the club in recent years has evolved to another level under Webby. With us losing 2 fringe FG props, it’s pretty crucial we sign another this offseason. Our prop depth is pretty dire as it is.

View: https://www.instagram.com/p/DEkETStTZJR/

Obviously very disciplined despite his young age to be in such shape in preseason. Think he’d fit in well with the young crop we’ve got emerging

 

[CWC]

On the height apparently Afoa and Marata are 188cm, Barney and Fish are both 187cm
Moale is 186
Ale 184, TSS 183, Clark 180
Gannon 191cm

IMO Laban (189cm) was bending the line before they broke his leg, I'd start him at 2nd row then play him in the middle in the 2nd spell

 

[Blain]

Despite needing middle forwards in the season when Barnett went down injured, Webster wasn’t prepared to play Bunty or Ale and TSS seems to be the only middle forward that’s joined Vaimauga. EIT got some time there but I can’t see the signing blocking anyone. Players like Rodney Tuipolotu Vea seem a at least a season away and this guy has first grade experience over someone like Crosby

That statement of mine you responded too was in relation to Hetherington. So you would be happy to have him get time in first grade over a TSS, Eddie, Gannon or RTV/Crosby in 2026? I know I wouldn't, I would back our juniors 100%. Moale is a different story, but again he hasn't shown enough in NRL to date to put him clearly ahead of the first 2 or 3 guys I have mentioned above.

Keep in mind, Moale and Hetherington would not make our full strength prop rotation of Barnett, JFH, Demetric and Ford.

 

[Warriors4lyfe]

Is his family still in NZ?

Not sure about his whole family,but I know at least his mum lives in Sydney. I only know that cause my mum knows her.

 

[Noitall]

That statement of mine you responded too was in relation to Hetherington. So you would be happy to have him get time in first grade over a TSS, Eddie, Gannon or RTV/Crosby in 2026? I know I wouldn't, I would back our juniors 100%. Moale is a different story, but again he hasn't shown enough in NRL to date to put him clearly ahead of the first 2 or 3 guys I have mentioned above.

Keep in mind, Moale and Hetherington would not make our full strength prop rotation of Barnett, JFH, Demetric and Ford.

Davvy Moale

The NRL profile of Davvy Moale including career statistics, season stats, games, tries, goals, tackles and fantasy scores.

www.nrl.com

I was talking about Moale, apologies.
Feel like he and Vaimauga would be a great front row pairing taking over from JFH and Barnett. Looking at the biography written in there, he’d take over from them nicely. Vaimauga mentioned that they’re trying to grow his motor and Moale is a bit the same but he’s 70 games into his career whereas Vaimauga is 29 into his. Don’t see many middle forwards debuted at 18