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

 

[Theking267]

The amount of hype he’s getting on twitter is crazy

Is it justified? Haven’t really got to watch him play other then a couple of highlights

He’s got a great highlight package which has gone viral even at the NSW Cup level. Questions over the fact he didn’t play big minutes when others graduated to the NRL. Got surpassed by Salalilo by the end of the year at Cup level. Has the potential to be a great interchange forward but nothing more than that at this stage.

 

[Zaggo]

he is not an effective winger in try scoring positions unless it is within the 22m of the oppositions try line

Are there really many times you can say its a genuine try scoring position when we've got the ball outside of the 22?

Obviously linebreaks are great but they're usually the result of individual brilliance rather than genuinely being in try scoring position. He's certainly had a few of those from the wing too, especially in our own half to get us on the front foot.

 

[Tookey 2.0]

Are there really many times you can say its a genuine try scoring position when we've got the ball outside of the 22?

Obviously linebreaks are great but they're usually the result of individual brilliance rather than genuinely being in try scoring position. He's certainly had a few of those from the wing too, especially in our own half to get us on the front foot.

Agree fully, imo the dads army winger brigade (RTS, D Tupou and Alex Johnson) have shown that there is still plenty of value left in those old legs.

Don't get me wrong, if RTS is the difference between us signing an elite youngster or not youd have to consider it, but next year hell provide more than enough go forward, and will finish most tries that he's given a chance to, and will probably only miss that top 10-15% of tries that he would have scored if he was a little quicker.

 

[CWC]

I mean RTS is the complete package minus ability to score tries from our own in goal *cough* *cry*

Luke can cover that role and our biggest issue is not getting down to the red zone but scoring in it and Roger's deadly when he gets a chance. We just lack a playmaker out wide