Recruitment Warriors 2026/2027 Recruitment & Retention

Warriors 2026/2027 Recruitment and Retention Discussion​

Player	2026​	2027​	2028​	2029​	2030​
Mitchell Barnett	✔​	✔​
Rocco Berry	✔​
Tanah Boyd	✔​
Kurt Capewell	✔​
Erin Clark	✔​	✔​
Wayde Egan	✔​	✔​
Kayliss Fatialofa	✔​	✔​
James Fisher-Harris	✔​	✔​	✔​
Jackson Ford	✔​	✔​
Morgan Gannon	✔​	✔​	✔​
Leka Halasima	✔​	✔​	✔​	✔​
Chanel Harris-Tavita	✔​
Sam Healey	✔​	✔​
Eddie Ieremia-Toeava	✔​	✔​
Alofiana Khan-Pereira	✔​	✔​	✔​
Jacob Laban	✔​	✔​	✔​	✔​
Ali Leiataua	✔​	✔​
Jye Linnane	✔​	✔​	✔​
Freddy Lussick	✔​
Te Maire Martin	✔​
Haizyn Mellars	✔​	✔​	✔​
Luke Metcalf	✔​	✔​	✔​
Charnze Nicoll-Klokstad	✔​	✔​
Marata Niukore	✔​
Adam Pompey	✔​	✔​
Tanner Stowers-Smith	✔​	✔​	✔​
Taine Tuaupiki	✔​
Roger Tuivasa-Sheck	✔​
Demitric Vaimauga	✔​	✔​	✔​
Dallin Watene-Zelezniak	✔​	✔​
Jett Cleary	S​	U​
Sio Kali	U​
Braelan Marsh	U​	U​	U​
Motu Pasikala	U​	U​

✔ = Signed to Top 30, C = Club option, M = Mutual Option, P = Player option, S = Signed to supplementary list, U = Unclear

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

2027 Top 30: 21/30
2027 Supplementary: 0/6

2027 Gains: Nil
2027 Losses: Nil

Off contract and free to sign elsewhere for 2027: Rocco Berry, Tanah Boyd, Kurt Capewell, Chanel Harris-Tavita, Freddy Lussick, Te Maire Martin, Marata Niukore, Taine Tuaupiki, Roger Tuivasa-Sheck
Will be off contract and free to sign elsewhere for 2028 from November 1st, 2026: Mitchell Barnett, Erin Clark, Jett Cleary, Wayde Egan, Kayliss Fatialofa, Jackson Ford, Sam Healey, Eddie Ieremia-Toeava, Ali Leiataua, Charnze Nicoll-Klokstad, Motu Pasikala, Adam Pompey, Dallin Watene-Zelezniak

 

[BangBro's (still banging)]

It's a great conversation to open up though, lots of positives and negatives regarding dumping Webby for Ivan, always good to see what everyones thoughts are.

Is there any coach you would dump Webby for?

Exactly!

Well when you talk about the premier coaches of the NRL, Bennett, Bellamy, Robinson and Cleary.

None of them have the ties to the warriors like Ivan Cleary does. You have to have the conversation, because premier coaches are not readily available, and if the scenario was, I want to coach Jett then does Mohawk and co turn down one of the best coaches in the NRL with a potential star halfback?

They have done this once, will they do it again?

This is as intriguing as anything ive seen at this club.

Ps: Ivan would be the only one I would make way for, but I fucken love Webby. Its not an easy one for me because I love both.

 

[Theking267]

Ivan and Nathan have had lifetime deals on the table for a couple of years now and haven’t signed them at Penrith, perhaps they both holding out to gain ownership of the club? Haven’t seen much to suggest Webster is anything but committed to the Warriors so I’m not sure I’m seeing what you’re seeing unless you’ve got an inside scoop here?

Just feels like Webster has a better relationship with Ivan than Ciraldo. Obviously I don’t think this will be happen anytime soon but I think Ivan would want to be involve in the person who takes over from him at the Panthers.

 

[Noitall]

Just feels like Webster has a better relationship with Ivan than Ciraldo. Obviously I don’t think this will be happen anytime soon but I think Ivan would want to be involve in the person who takes over from him at the Panthers.

I noticed when panthers beat both Warriors and bulldogs in the finals that Cleary made mention of a bright future ahead for us, and didn’t have the same praise for bulldogs. It could well be on the cards that Jett goes back to panthers, but I just don’t think it would be a scenario where the club has no knowledge, for the reasons being I don’t think Ivan would do that to the club, and surely it would have been a scenario that Warriors contemplated could happen and all parties are on the same page? I personally think if there was a club that Webster could potentially go to one day, it would be tigers. I’m pretty sure that’s the club he came through? You could make the same argument that Ben Gardiner, another assistant there who won a title, going to Perth as an assistant and Samoan coach was just as likely to be next in line over at panthers?

 

[Cces]

It’s more likely Webby will take over at Penrith when Ivan retires & Slade Griffin will take over at the Warriors seeing that he’s a bit younger than Tangatatoa

Realistically there's probably no succession plan in place for a Webster exit, but apart from his age, why would you want to appoint Griffin if he hasn't coached at any other club outside our system before?
Tangata-Toa ain't exactly old at 44 & has runs on the board

 

[Theking267]

Realistically there's probably no succession plan in place for a Webster exit, but apart from his age, why would you want to appoint Griffin if he hasn't coached at any other club outside our system before?
Tangata-Toa ain't exactly old at 44 & has runs on the board

I guess you would want a continuation plan. Due to the fact we are system based. But this is assuming that Cleary wants to coach to at least he’s 70 similarly to Bellamy.