Recruitment Warriors 2026/2027 Recruitment & Retention

Warriors 2026/2027 Recruitment and Retention Discussion​

Player	2026​	2027​	2028​	2029​	2030​
Grant Anderson	-​	✔​	✔​	✔​
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	✔​	✔​	✔​
Te Maire Martin	✔​
Haizyn Mellars	✔​	✔​	✔​
Luke Metcalf	✔​	✔​	✔​
Charnze Nicoll-Klokstad	✔​	✔​
Marata Niukore	✔​
Adam Pompey	✔​	✔​
Tanner Stowers-Smith	✔​	✔​	✔​
Taine Tuaupiki	✔​	✔​	✔​
Roger Tuivasa-Sheck	✔​
Demitric Vaimauga	✔​	✔​	✔​
William Warbrick	-​	✔​	✔​	✔​
Dallin Watene-Zelezniak	✔​	M​
Connor Bowden	U​	U​	✔​
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: 29/30
2026 Supplementary: 2/6

2027 Top 30: 22/30
2027 Supplementary: 0/6

2027 Gains: Grant Anderson (Brisbane Broncos), William Warbrick (Melbourne Storm)
2027 Losses: Mitchell Barnett (Brisbane Broncos), Marata Niukore (Newcastle Knights), Roger Tuivasa-Sheck (Wakefield Trinity)

Off contract and free to sign elsewhere for 2027: Rocco Berry, Tanah Boyd, Kurt Capewell, Chanel Harris-Tavita, Te Maire Martin
Will be off contract and free to sign elsewhere for 2028 from November 1st, 2026: 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

 

[WarriorsNrlFanatics]

Maybe warbrick to play centre?

Possibly. Means Berry won’t get re-signed which is understandable

 

[giffy]

DWZ must be on the outer after this season. But we just AKP! So why get Warbrick. AKP wouldn’t of sign for us to just stay in NSW Cup

AKP would be here for on minimum wage. Willy would be here for good coin. Both RTS and DWZ are at the end of their careers. Both are valid pick ups. What are our winger stocks like in the grades?

Makes sense in my mind

 

[Ref]

Maybe RTS and DWZ are both going.

 

[Damo]

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Yuck, literally have Storm mates being stoked he's going.

 

[Wahs_Ultras]

Yuck, literally have Storm mates being stoked he's going.

I mean he has pace and is an elite aerial threat. Would be a big upgrade on DWZ.

 

[Mr Drag]

Maybe RTS and DWZ are both going.

RTS can stay for another year!

 

[Damo]

I mean he has pace and is an elite aerial threat. Would be a big upgrade on DWZ.

Pace would be similar to DWZs, defense and handling is just as bad as DWZ. Aerial threat would be good

 

[MrFrankWhite]

Maybe RTS and DWZ are both going.

This is my take. We want to move DWZ on and RTS wants to make that $$ overseas.

Hence we have 3 new wingers

 

[WAH MAN]

This is my take. We want to move DWZ on and RTS wants to make that $$ overseas.

Hence we have 3 new wingers

Give them Barney and get Coates to come too. They can have the one nut my ex left me after she took the house and cleaned out the bank account. If it helps.

 

[WAH MAN]

Pace would be similar to DWZs, defense and handling is just as bad as DWZ. Aerial threat would be good

Ive seen Brick go length of the field. That's pace enough. We seem to be amassing a concussion army

To go with our ACL crew

 

[Tookey 2.0]

Really interesting. So the young guys who were hoping to see over the next few years would be Mellars, Kali and Pasikala?
Then having AKP and Warbrick too, I think that makes sense regarding redistribution of wages - RTS and DWZ are two of the highest paid wingers in the comp and are aging, we probably save a few hundred k in that transaction, and if we move Rocco on (500k), that's potentially an 800k centre if were serious about fixing that spot up.

Im okay with that

 

[Ever Hopeful]

RTS is playing the best he has ever played at the moment imho. Not as dynamic as the Roosters flyer, but such an asset on the park. I know he is on the older side, but I think he has a bit of longevity with the way he plays. I'll be gutted to see the back of him. For context, I have not been an RTS fan in the past, I thought he was a seriously overrated fullback. I truly think he is one of the Warriors absolute best at the moment.

Add his training ethic, humbleness and brand and he'd be a big loss if not re-signed.

Warbrick will be love/hate I reckon

 

[The Warrior Waka]

I mean brick is a right winger so could mean the end of DWZ

I dunno. Rts is off contract at the end of the year. DWZ isn't.

 

[Jaffa J]

I’m fine with Warbrick still prefer an elite centre but he’ll do the job until the younger ones are ready for first grade just hope the price was right

 

[Blain]

Warbrick on the right and AKP on the left is a pretty awesome balanced pair of wingers. Interesting for sure.

 

[Ever Hopeful]

Warbrick on the right and AKP on the left is a pretty awesome balanced pair of wingers. Interesting for sure.

It will be interesting to see if AKP plays first grade for the club. I reckon it is 50/50 he won't. If Mellars turns good defensively (tackling, diffusion, positioning) then I think he'll be preferred over a liability with upside. I also think Pompey will shift if needed.

 

[WAH MAN]

Warbrick on the right and AKP on the left is a pretty awesome balanced pair of wingers. Interesting for sure.

Not starting in first grade is best for Alofiana I reckon. He needs to become fully Warriorfied this season. He might still get game time through injury which appears his most likely path. But gosh I want him to come and chase down Johnstone's try scoring feats and also Irvine's while wearing a Wahs jersey.

 

[Hitro]

I dunno. Rts is off contract at the end of the year. DWZ isn't.

Zerotackle, the bastion of truth has DWZ contract expiring this year with a mutual option for 27

 

[sballer7]

Pretty underwhelmed with Warbrick. Massively overrated imo.

 

[Wellington Warrior]

It will be interesting to see if AKP plays first grade for the club. I reckon it is 50/50 he won't. If Mellars turns good defensively (tackling, diffusion, positioning) then I think he'll be preferred over a liability with upside. I also think Pompey will shift if needed.

Yeah he hardly impressed in NSW Cup in the weekend. Don’t recall him taking many (if any) hit ups early in the set which is the norm for a wahs winger.