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	The Greatest of All-Time	✔	✔
5	Kurt Capewell	✔	✔
6	Erin Clark	✔	✔	✔
7	Wayde Egan	✔	✔	✔
8	James Fisher-Harris	✔	✔	✔	✔
9	Jackson Ford	✔
10	Leka Halasima	✔	✔	✔
11	Tohu Harris	✔
12	Chanel Harris-Tavita	✔	M
13	Edward Kosi	✔
14	Jacob Laban	✔	✔
15	Ali Leiataua	✔
16	Freddy Lussick	✔	✔
17	Zyon Maiu’u	✔	✔
18	Te Maire Martin	✔
19	Luke Metcalf	✔	✔
20	Marcelo Montoya	✔
21	Charnze Nicoll-Klokstad	✔
22	Marata Niukore	✔	✔
23	Motu Pasikala	✔	✔	✔
24	Adam Pompey	✔
25	Demitric Sifakula	✔	C
26	Taine Tuaupiki	✔
27	Roger Tuivasa-Sheck	✔	✔
28	Dylan Walker	✔
29	Dallin Watene-Zelezniak	✔
D1	Kalani Going	D
D2	Tanner Stowers-Smith	D
T1	Jett Cleary	T	D	D

C = Club option, M = Mutual option, P = Player option, D = Development contract, T = Train & Trial contract

Confirmed Top 30 2025: 29/30
Confirmed Development 2025: 2/6
Unconfirmed Top 30 2025: 29/30
Unconfirmed Development 2025: 3/6 (Luke Hanson, per Zero Tackle)

Confirmed Top 30 2026: 13/30
Confirmed Development 2026: 1/6

2026 Gains: Nil
2026 Losses: Nil

Off Contract: Bunty Afoa, Tom Ale, Jackson Ford, Tohu Harris, Ed Kosi, Ali Leiataua, Te Maire Martin, Marcelo Montoya, Charnze Nicoll-Klokstad, Adam Pompey, Taine Tuaupiki, Dylan Walker, Dallin Watene-Zelezniak, Kalani Going (D), Tanner Stowers-Smith (D), Chanel Harris-Tavita (M), Demitric Sifakula (C)

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[Noitall]

Must be a good player if he hasn't already been sacked.

Storm picked him up fairly quickly for the rest of 2024. Probably something Bellamy has experience in after Lodge wanted to take him on years ago

 

[Noitall]

No thanks. Guy had disagreements regarding tactics, playing time, and communication. Guy is 23 and played 1 FG game whereas Cleary has over 200 FG games and coached over 400. Seems like a princesses if he thinks he knows tactics better than Cleary.

Just interesting to see in the wake of that Curran article. Shows there’s personality clashes at many clubs

 

[Christchurch_Warrior]

Just interesting to see in the wake of that Curran article. Shows there’s personality clashes at many clubs

Always will be just an art to remove the ones that will be a cancer to a club.

 

[Theking267]

The problem with Curran is he didn’t fit the system. And unfortunately got outplayed last year by Jackson Ford. He is a utility and the Bulldogs love utility players and have added another one in Sitili Tupouniua.

 

[Warriorsfan92]

So is this guy just gonna dangle the fact we’re releasing an outside back but not tell us?

 

[BigUCE]

I reckon it’s Montoya. If it is one of the more senior backs, could there be some truth to the Shaun Stevenson rumour?

 

[Dantheman]

So is this guy just gonna dangle the fact we’re releasing an outside back but not tell us?

Looks like it. I reckon it's worthy of an instant ban

 

[BigUCE]

Surely not?

 

[Noitall]

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Surely not?

Is he the outside back in question?

 

[BigUCE]

Is he the outside back in question?

No idea, I’m probably reading too far into it at this stage

 

[Warriorsfan92]

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Surely not?

Looks like it

 

[Noitall]

No idea, I’m probably reading too far into it at this stage

Would be a hard one to fathom if so? Surely wouldn’t be a switch back to union with him just pledging his allegiance to Samoa in internationals. Would it be a switch to another nrl team?

 

[Noitall]

I hope Webster has thick skin if this happens. This new article from Curran and this surely being deemed a failure in regards to RTS by the Aussie league media will have him in their crosshairs

 

[The Warrior Waka]

Would be a hard one to fathom if so? Surely wouldn’t be a switch back to union with him just pledging his allegiance to Samoa in internationals. Would it be a switch to another nrl team?

My first thought was Rts. I'm guessing Japanese Rugby. Roger is a man of honour & integrity. If he feels he is letting the team down and not able to give his best. He'll probably move his own self on for the good of the team? Might be reading to much into this. My guess it is him tho.

 

[nzwarriorsfaithful]

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Surely not?

they all have there reviews today, hes not leaving

 

[Aman 2.0]

"Now excuse me while I go sign my son and son-in-law to fat contracts," Sullivan continued before skipping out the door.

What an overrated rube.

He’s literally the best recruitment guy the game has ever seen.

Plus his kid can play.

 

[Noitall]

My first thought was Rts. I'm guessing Japanese Rugby. Roger is a man of honour & integrity. If he feels he is letting the team down and not able to give his best. He'll probably move his own self on for the good of the team? Might be reading to much into this. My guess it is him tho.

Would surely be a hint that we are moving towards prioritising some talent we’ve got coming through. Montoya and CNK off contract at the end of next season that surely wouldn’t be extended

 

[Noitall]

they all have there reviews today, hes not leaving

Any idea who the outside back that’s been discussed is?

 

[nzwarriorsfaithful]

Any idea who the outside back that’s been discussed is?

no idea, old mate is just blue balling us

 

[Noitall]

no idea, old mate is just blue balling us

Reminds of the day when Lance 155 said Payne Haas signing was imminent. Tattooed on my brain and still dealing with the grief