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	Wayde Egan	✔	✔	✔
9	James Fisher-Harris	✔	✔	✔	✔
10	Jackson Ford	✔	✔	✔
11	Leka Halasima	✔	✔	✔
	Morgan Harper	✔
12	Chanel Harris-Tavita	✔	✔
13	Sam Healey	✔	✔	✔
14	Edward Kosi	✔
15	Jacob Laban	✔	✔
16	Ali Leiataua	✔	✔	✔
17	Freddy Lussick	✔	✔
18	Te Maire Martin	✔
19	Luke Metcalf	✔	✔
20	Charnze Nicoll-Klokstad	✔
21	Marata Niukore	✔	✔
22	Adam Pompey	✔	✔	✔
23	Tanner Stowers-Smith	✔
24	Taine Tuaupiki	✔	✔
25	Roger Tuivasa-Sheck	✔	✔
26	Demitric Vaimauga	✔	✔	✔	✔
27	Dylan Walker	✔
28	Dallin Watene-Zelezniak	✔	✔	✔
S1	Kayliss Faitialofa	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
-	Jett Cleary	T	S	S
-	Motu Pasikala	T	✔	✔

C = Club option, M = Mutual option, P = Player option, S = Supplementary contract, T = Train & Trial contract

Confirmed Top 30 2025: 29/30
Confirmed Supplementary 2025: 6/6

Confirmed Top 30 2026: 21/30
Confirmed Supplementary 2026: 1/6

2026 Gains: Nil
2026 Losses: Nil

Off Contract: Bunty Afoa, Tom Ale, Morgan Harper, Edward Kosi, Te Maire Martin, Charnze Nicoll-Klokstad, Tanner Stowers-Smith, Dylan Walker

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[kos]

Brimson would be a scary 6 or 1, how about we just sign the entire Titans backline, they did thrash us 66:6

Their back line does look good
But the Titans team always manages to lose games based on bad defence.
I am not enough of an expert or analyst to know who why these defensive lapses occur
But then HTF did they smash us that day we were just fxxg woeful.

 

[Noitall]

Demitric Vaimauga extended to 2028

 

[Riz]

Demitric Vaimauga extended to 2028

Love it!

 

[Noitall]

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Check this out on the extended video. Reckons he’s in for a big one

 

[roguei]

Cool interview as well from him about 20 mins ago. Some choice quotes; "a big change for me this off season was finally jumping on a real diet", "me and capes had a compitition (in refrence to diet stuff), he obiviously beat me in the bronco but "

Surprised to see capes playing such a big mentor role, heard his name pop up a few times from the younger group. Great signing IMO. Also fuck our standards have been low for ages, good news that they are now but also pretty sad to hear some of our guys only taking diet seirously now or in the last year or so. Also damn is capes fast or is demitric just slow?

 

[JaggedJ]

Capewell is fast. There's a reason he's always the first guy to push out to centre whenever there's an injury, for us or QLD.

 

[Noitall]

Cool interview as well from him about 20 mins ago. Some choice quotes; "a big change for me this off season was finally jumping on a real diet", "me and capes had a compitition (in refrence to diet stuff), he obiviously beat me in the bronco but "

Surprised to see capes playing such a big mentor role, heard his name pop up a few times from the younger group. Great signing IMO. Also fuck our standards have been low for ages, good news that they are now but also pretty sad to hear some of our guys only taking diet seirously now or in the last year or so. Also damn is capes fast or is demitric just slow?

This was where guys like Capewell can have a huge impact on standards and why I’m so excited for JFH’s arrival. It’s as much off the field as on it with these type of leaders. As much as many are disillusioned with RTS, he brings the same kind of effect. Apparently a big reason for Jeremiah Nanai defecting to Samoa was to play alongside RTS

 

[Noitall]

With the Warriors having a club option on Demitric Vaimauga in 2026 before extending him, is he a signing for 2026 and the club have signed all the players coming off contract at the end of 2025 that they’re going to?

 

[cock_o]

Looks like our 6 players on development contracts has been updated.

 

[Noitall]

Looks like our 6 players on development contracts has been updated.

Good to see some clarification around Patrick Moimoi. Pasikala must be on a top 30 contract from 2025?

 

[cock_o]

Looks like our 6 players on development contracts has been updated.

Tanner Stowers-Smith
Kalani Going
Luke Hanson
Sio Kali
Patrick Moimoi
Kayliss Fatialaosa

 

[Defence]

Wasn't there talk Kini's parents weren't enamoured with the Warriors?

I can confirm that.
From what I’ve heard id be very surprised if Kini ever plays for the warriors but stranger things have happened I suppose…

 

[Noitall]

Tanner Stowers-Smith
Kalani Going
Luke Hanson
Sio Kali
Patrick Moimoi
Kayliss Fatialaosa

Who do you reckon Jett Cleary replaces in 2026? Going from train and trial to top 30 contract by the looks

 

[Defence]

Cool interview as well from him about 20 mins ago. Some choice quotes; "a big change for me this off season was finally jumping on a real diet", "me and capes had a compitition (in refrence to diet stuff), he obiviously beat me in the bronco but "

Surprised to see capes playing such a big mentor role, heard his name pop up a few times from the younger group. Great signing IMO. Also fuck our standards have been low for ages, good news that they are now but also pretty sad to hear some of our guys only taking diet seirously now or in the last year or so. Also damn is capes fast or is demitric just slow?

Ive always been torn on the capewell signing- u could see towards the end of his bronco stint his best was behind him and imho at this stage of their careers Curran is the better player but… he was a bit of a scallywag and it was made clear capewah was coming to mentor the younger guys so hearing this sort of stuff makes u think maybe they did pull the right string after all.

 

[Spence]

Who do you reckon Jett Cleary replaces in 2026? Going from train and trial to top 30 contract by the looks

I might be reading wrong, but that table says going from a train and trial in 2025 to a dev contract for 2026 and 2027?

 

[Defence]

We can finally out a line through Shaun Stevenson.. off to Japanese rugby effective immediately


View: https://x.com/jamesmconie/status/1866073294300180593?s=61&t=mvNbrFzBVR4HircZmOSP1w

Would be interesting to know what kind of money he’ll be on there.

 

[Hitro]

Tanner Stowers-Smith
Kalani Going
Luke Hanson
Sio Kali
Patrick Moimoi
Kayliss Fatialaosa

Interesting that kayliss Fatialaosa got a dev contract over Eddie toeava iererima. Eddie looked ahead of him in the pecking order in NsW cup this year

 

[Noitall]

Interesting that kayliss Fatialaosa got a dev contract over Eddie toeava iererima. Eddie looked ahead of him in the pecking order in NsW cup this year

Was Fatialofa getting time in second row during the season? He and Moimoi listed as centres

 

[Noitall]

I might be reading wrong, but that table says going from a train and trial in 2025 to a dev contract for 2026 and 2027?

Na you’re right, I read it wrong

 

[cock_o]

Interesting that kayliss Fatialaosa got a dev contract over Eddie toeava iererima. Eddie looked ahead of him in the pecking order in NsW cup this year

Yes that is very interesting. I thought Eddie Ieremia-Toeava might of been on the list. Also Moala Graham-Taufa not there either.