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	Sam Healey	✔	✔	✔
14	Edward Kosi	✔
15	Jacob Laban	✔	✔
16	Ali Leiataua	✔
17	Freddy Lussick	✔	✔
18	Zyon Maiu’u	✔	✔
19	Te Maire Martin	✔
20	Luke Metcalf	✔	✔
21	Marcelo Montoya	✔
22	Charnze Nicoll-Klokstad	✔
23	Marata Niukore	✔	✔
24	Motu Pasikala	✔	✔	✔
25	Adam Pompey	✔
26	Taine Tuaupiki	✔
27	Roger Tuivasa-Sheck	✔	✔
28	Demitric Vaimauga	✔	C
29	Dylan Walker	✔
30	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: 30/30
Confirmed Development 2025: 2/6
Unconfirmed Top 30 2025: 30/30
Unconfirmed Development 2025: 3/6 (Luke Hanson, per Zero Tackle)

Confirmed Top 30 2026: 14/30
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 Vaimauga (C)

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[Wrighty]

That’s a good call, would be a good fullback for us.
Probably in line for the 6 spot next year tho at panthers

Schneider? Jack Cole? Or are they seen as halfbacks only.

 

[Wrighty]

I'm with you on this one Wrighty

I believe he was the player of the year at the tigers in 2022. Put in effort when the rest of the team had checked out. Skillful and versatile, can't imagine him looking for elite money.

Thank you for your endorsement

66 games so plenty of experience
13 tries and 27 try assists
Not great stats but I think he is better than that.
Our pecking order would be
Metcalf
TMM
Daine
CHT

 

[Teets]

Looks like another Flegg signing.

 

[Wrighty]

Looks like another Flegg signing.

What position ?

 

[tajhay]

Could have been NZ that was being referred to in those "head home" articles too.

It certainly wasnt NZ.

‘Don’t know what they’re talking about’: Storm superstar Jarome Hughes responds to ‘rumours’

‘Don’t know what they’re talking about’: Storm superstar responds to bombshell ‘rumours’

www.foxsports.com.au

“This feels like home now. This is my home at the moment.

“My wife is from Queensland, but she’s loving it down here. This is home for us.”

 

[peewee]

Thank you for your endorsement

66 games so plenty of experience
13 tries and 27 try assists
Not great stats but I think he is better than that.
Our pecking order would be
Metcalf
TMM
Daine
CHT

So if he is only 3rd in line, why dont we run with TMM and Metcalfe

 

[Wrighty]

So if he is only 3rd in line, why dont we run with TMM and Metcalfe

We could but they are unlikely to get through the first ten games without one of them getting a significant injury based on their past form.
Secondly TMM and Metcalf would be rated ahead of him as the incumbents and Daine might overtake one of them by year end.

 

[Ref]

All the talk about Shaun Stevenson as a wing or full back option.
Chop that.
He is a ready made league 6 masquerading as a union player.