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 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
-	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: 23/30
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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[Riz]

With Grant Anderson from the storm heading to broncos next year, does the Cobbo speculation start up again?

With Anderson going to the Broncos, does that open up Deine Mariner to the Wahs? I know who I'd rather out of him and Selwyn..

 

[Noitall]

With Anderson going to the Broncos, does that open up Deine Mariner to the Wahs? I know who I'd rather out of him and Selwyn..

Still think it’s a fullback we’re in the hunt for? I could see Cobbo at fullback. Mariner could play wing and RTS fullback? Tuaupiki could play fullback and we’ve got a chunk of coin sitting waiting?

 

[Sam Wahpira]

With Anderson going to the Broncos, does that open up Deine Mariner to the Wahs? I know who I'd rather out of him and Selwyn..

Its the same thing with Mariner to Ponga - his whole whanau is set up there and his dad is actually a diehard Broncos fan. To his group of family/friends/church its seen as a step forward in going to Aussie (and coming back here as a step back).

 

[Noitall]

Its the same thing with Mariner to Ponga - his whole whanau is set up there and his dad is actually a diehard Broncos fan. To his group of family/friends/church its seen as a step forward in going to Aussie (and coming back here as a step back).

Think Barnett still has his house in Newcastle in response to Ponga staying put? But I guess building a house is a bit different?

 

[Riz]

Its the same thing with Mariner to Ponga - his whole whanau is set up there and his dad is actually a diehard Broncos fan. To his group of family/friends/church its seen as a step forward in going to Aussie (and coming back here as a step back).

I understand that, but moving away for work for a few years doesn't mean he has to uplift everything and everyone from Queensland.
At the end of the day, money and job security talks, so if he can get more out of the Warriors then I can't see why it isn't an option.