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	✔	✔	✔
12	Morgan Harper	✔
13	Chanel Harris-Tavita	✔	✔
14	Sam Healey	✔	✔	✔
15	Edward Kosi	✔
16	Jacob Laban	✔	✔
17	Ali Leiataua	✔	✔	✔
18	Freddy Lussick	✔	✔
19	Te Maire Martin	✔
20	Luke Metcalf	✔	✔
21	Charnze Nicoll-Klokstad	✔
22	Marata Niukore	✔	✔
23	Adam Pompey	✔	✔	✔
24	Tanner Stowers-Smith	✔
25	Taine Tuaupiki	✔	✔
26	Roger Tuivasa-Sheck	✔	✔
27	Demitric Vaimauga	✔	✔	✔	✔
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: 28/30
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

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[kos]

I’m 45 years old, I saw Dean Bell play.

Fair enough
Let’s see how Ali s career develops
He s certainly impressive

 

[jonesy101]

Big call on Ali
Did you see Toopi play?

I remember that test match at Albany where Toopi destroyed the Kangaroos. One of my all time favorite Warriors. It's pretty exciting that we've got two young centres developed by the club fronting this weekend.

 

[Boston Boy]

Big call on Ali
Did you see Toopi play?

I agree Toopi and I would even say Nigel Vagana was also one of the most naturally gifted centres I have seen.

 

[ajofbrisbane]

Just heard Dylan Walker to be released to play for Parra this weekend.
Cant reveal source.

 

[Neo]

Just heard Dylan Walker to be released to play for Parra this weekend.
Cant reveal source.

Reported on nine news now

Eels land big coup as star released immediately

Walker released by Warriors

www.nine.com.au

 

[Lance155]

What are we doing?!?!

 

[SJ2k]

What the actual fuck! We're WAY too nice. Getting taken advantage of at this point. Unless we land some huge mid season signing this is fucking ridculous. Once we opened the door to this compassionate release shit we did massive damage to ourselves.

 

[Wahs_Ultras]

What the fuck man

 

[SJ2k]

Better be a follow up announcment of an immediate signing and release of Cobbo to us.

 

[Neo]

What are we doing?!?!

Putting faith in Demetric and Leka to play more minutes? Healy on to the bench?

It’s a big departure in game plan at this stage of the season

 

[Rizzah]

Surely we are getting someone decent from somewhere immediately? Otherwise this is incredibly dumb.

 

[Riz]

If he's not able to be 100% focused on the job because of whatever family shit he's got going on in Aus, then let him go. Thanks for your service Dylan, you'll be missed.

 

[Wahs_Ultras]

“Walker granted an early release on compassionate grounds”

Why not make it happen in the offseason, not now for crying out loud.

 

[WahsaurusRex]

 

[Riz]

“Walker granted an early release on compassionate grounds”

Why not make it happen in the offseason, not now for crying out loud.

A little phone call from the kids during the week saying "Daddy, we need you, Mummy's new boyfriend is a douchebag" will make a man drop everything.*

*Not in any way saying this is fact. Just an example of why so suddenly and not during the off-season.

 

[MM51]

WTF Are we doing. This is our 3rd or 4th player we’ve let go and got nothing out of it? Or signed anyone?

 

[WahsaurusRex]

Just heard Dylan Walker to be released to play for Parra this weekend.
Cant reveal source.

 

[jumpman5xl]

I think he owes an explanation. We always thought this was coming. Why not ask in the off season? Then saying he'd love to stay. Now asked after 3 rounds?? Probably just used us for Vegas.

 

[Makasene]

Not necessarily displeased about the news.

Bloody odd to happen after teams are named though

 

[WarriorsForever]

Just fell to my knees on the golf course