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

 

[Riz]

So my question to you - We can't keep them all, in fact - many of these guys will not play NRL here at the Warriors - so who are the top 3 guys we simply can not lose under any circumstances?

Geez that's a tough question, how do you pick just 3!

I'll try though

1. Jason Salalilo - He's our next JFH, super impressive career to date considering his age. Bonus points for being a Cantab

2. Junior Sikuvea - As you said, talent galore, looks like a genuine first grader. Our long term 13 after Erin Clark.

3. Kaian Olsen - Very young but has all the attributes to be a superstar fullback.

 

[Barzak]

I know we’re a Warriors forum but surely we can be objective when required.

Ali has been genuinely poor to start the season. His play has been somewhat masked by the rest performing so well.

He is reading defensive plays poorly, his run meters are low and he looks less than fit.
Are we really in a position as a club to turn down an NRL quality centre?

Give Ali some reps in NSW cup to get some confidence and fitness, if he’s who we want him to be he’ll come back eventually and kill it. But if Anderson were to be here tomorrow he slots into first grade immediately in Ali’s spot for me.

 

[Est95]

I know we’re a Warriors forum but surely we can be objective when required.

Ali has been genuinely poor to start the season. His play has been somewhat masked by the rest performing so well.

He is reading defensive plays poorly, his run meters are low and he looks less than fit.
Are we really in a position as a club to turn down an NRL quality centre?

Give Ali some reps in NSW cup to get some confidence and fitness, if he’s who we want him to be he’ll come back eventually and kill it. But if Anderson were to be here tomorrow he slots into first grade immediately in Ali’s spot for me.

Ali is responsible for about half our points conceded this year. We need a centre who can be a rock defensively. I vote CNK with TT starting fullback. Will take Anderson to fight for that spot

 

[Ego sum deus tuus]

Sharks not looking good. AFB should look to return to wahs on compassionate grounds.

Do the NSW team need a boost in the middles surely Tanner and co are ahead of him... Plus no one will buy those brownies.

 

[Worried2Death]

I cant confirm if the photo is legit, but I can confirm that I was in the other bush watching JaggedJ have a very stern conversation with a photographer.

Can confirm, I was the other bush.

 

[sup42]

I know we’re a Warriors forum but surely we can be objective when required.

Ali has been genuinely poor to start the season. His play has been somewhat masked by the rest performing so well.

He is reading defensive plays poorly, his run meters are low and he looks less than fit.
Are we really in a position as a club to turn down an NRL quality centre?

Give Ali some reps in NSW cup to get some confidence and fitness, if he’s who we want him to be he’ll come back eventually and kill it. But if Anderson were to be here tomorrow he slots into first grade immediately in Ali’s spot for me.

There is no way that any player gets through our current preseasons unfit.

In the fitness dept under Webster we are spotless. In fact we always come out round one the fittest looking side that isn't Penrith or Melbourne - but it is close or on par.

Which leaves the question, why does he look unfit when he is physically fit?

And the other question is would Webster let any player that didn't meet the clubs minimum standards in training then pick that player for a full time gig in FG? We know the answer to that, many very good juniors have had long waits to debut based off whatever Websters conditioning requirements are for entry (It is not Rocket Surgery, almost to a man the Juniors who have come through have put together a succession of games in the NSW cup playing Chunks of minutes at high intensity).

Ali slouches his shoulders after he has done any work and his head goes down, he starts dawdling (watch him after he has made a tackle or taken a hit up)....giving the appearance of a lack of conditioning....like he is puffed out. He even locks his elbows to his sides like someone winded.

To my eye it all looks psychological, the body language of surrender, submission, defeat which if true is subconscious, an evolutionary fight flight response. I expect that is why the club put some size on him to convince his brain he is a big dog in the fight. And now they are running him to see if the programming can be rewired.

 

[Barzak]

There is no way that any player gets through our current preseasons unfit.

In the fitness dept under Webster we are spotless. In fact we always come out round one the fittest looking side that isn't Penrith or Melbourne - but it is close or on par.

Which leaves the question, why does he look unfit when he is physically fit?

And the other question is would Webster let any player that didn't meet the clubs minimum standards in training then pick that player for a full time gig in FG? We know the answer to that, many very good juniors have had long waits to debut based off whatever Websters conditioning requirements are for entry (It is not Rocket Surgery, almost to a man the Juniors who have come through have put together a succession of games in the NSW cup playing Chunks of minutes at high intensity).

Ali slouches his shoulders after he has done any work and his head goes down, he starts dawdling (watch him after he has made a tackle or taken a hit up)....giving the appearance of a lack of conditioning....like he is puffed out. He even locks his elbows to his sides like someone winded.

To my eye it all looks psychological, the body language of surrender, submission, defeat which if true is subconscious, an evolutionary fight flight response. I expect that is why the club put some size on him to convince his brain he is a big dog in the fight. And now they are running him to see if the programming can be rewired.

I agree with the fact that any player playing NRL couldn’t be classified as unfit. They’re all high class athletes.
Which begs the question about Ali and his body language. You’ve offered some good reasoning, my worry is that he doesn’t have the ‘want’ for lack of a better word.

He strikes me as a player who, unless they’re dominating or the game is easy for them, does the bare minimum.

We have players who play to their absolute limits every game. Ali is not. And I don’t know how you overcome that as a staff.
It’s all speculation on my part but he doesn’t give off good signals.

 

[CWC]

I agree with the fact that any player playing NRL couldn’t be classified as unfit. They’re all high class athletes.
Which begs the question about Ali and his body language. You’ve offered some good reasoning, my worry is that he doesn’t have the ‘want’ for lack of a better word.

He strikes me as a player who, unless they’re dominating or the game is easy for them, does the bare minimum.

We have players who play to their absolute limits every game. Ali is not. And I don’t know how you overcome that as a staff.
It’s all speculation on my part but he doesn’t give off good signals.

Sounds like 1 of those players who goes to a good AUS system and becomes a beast, but Webby already brought that system here, so IDK, maybe he has PTSD from 2 years of ankle injuries...

 

[tajhay]

I agree with the fact that any player playing NRL couldn’t be classified as unfit. They’re all high class athletes.
Which begs the question about Ali and his body language. You’ve offered some good reasoning, my worry is that he doesn’t have the ‘want’ for lack of a better word.

He strikes me as a player who, unless they’re dominating or the game is easy for them, does the bare minimum.

We have players who play to their absolute limits every game. Ali is not. And I don’t know how you overcome that as a staff.
It’s all speculation on my part but he doesn’t give off good signals.

He reminds me of the Otukolo-Lussick experience that we witnessed. Lussick was brought in to give competition and to challenge Otukolo a highly promising junior. Instead of Otukolo wanting to get better and fight for the jersey brought on by the new challenge, he decided to ask for a release. I like how all the other players are fighting in reserve grade for spots. Ali is in there by default because there is no competition. Suspect that is a reason for the interest in Anderson.

If he is good enough and wants to be in the NRL, he should be willing to fight for the spot, rather than be in the spot due to a bradbury moment.

 

[BangBro's (still banging)]

Anderson’s main prowess is try scoring
He scored 11 times last season
More modest at try assists with only 4

A good yardage centre

 

[The Warrior Waka]

Hey guys, just a few quick observations and keeping some talent we have on your radar. The Warriors have built probably the best ever factory of young stacked talent i have ever seen at any club. It's utterly epic.

When we look at guys like Will Warbrick and Grant Anderson they are simply there to come in keep the high standards and do the job.

All the superstars are being manufactured from within the club.

Here is who looks to be putting pressure to be integrated into the NRL roster over the next 12 - 18 months.

What stands out immediately is the Warriors are drowning in elite level talent in the forwards right now. You basically have your next 5 - 7 years of forwards EASILY sorted. Our halves youngsters get a 10/10 rating too - if we can hold on to them. The outside back depth is awesome too but these guys are still 12 - 18 months off NRL level though the cavalry or should i say 'the freight train' is coming..

This is not a ranking on talent but who likely gets to have NRL Impact sooner. Almost all these guys will require injuries in their positions to get game time. That is simply down to have ridiculously stacked roster the Warriors are enjoying right now. No club in the NRL boasts the the depth in talent across multiple positions as the Warriors do right now. How they built this has to be celebrated if you love league.

#1 Christian Sikuvea - On a rocket ship trajectory. It's insane he is already a starting lock in NSW cup. A+ level talent... totally flying under the warriors fans radar. You may know him, you may not realise how good he is!! Sikuvea is an ELITE talent with a massive motor. Extremely dynamic and impactful small forward. This guys looks like a hybrid of Victor Radley and Kalani Going mixed together. With the type of forward pack the Warriors have and continue to build this guy will do a lot of damage coming on in that Erin Clarke/lock rotation role. His high energy, hard running style will cause a huge amount of headaches for tiring opposition forward packs. He may even push Erin Clarke to prop.

#2 Makaia Tafua - Legit NRL talent coming through. Crafty, strong, direct, game-breaker. I feel very comfortable knowing if Egan or Healey go down this guy will come on and we will not skip a beat. Like Christian Skiuvea, Makaia brings a lot of energy and direction to a forward pack. I think he is probably the best hooker come out of the NZ system for many years. Its not a matter of if but when Makaia plays NRL.

#3 Jett Cleary - I think if this guy was at any other club, the fans there will be beside themselves hyping him up. I wonder because we all secretly believe he will leave the Warriors and go back to the panthers that we kind of play him down. He may of been somewhat a later developer than his famous big brother but he is becoming each week more and more of a replica of Nathan Cleary. What Jett has in him is the DNA of the Cleary's. Winners. He has vision, he has running ability and he has golden moments where he is so unbelievably good that he can't be stopped. I think he is one year away from being an NRL player. I wouldn't let him go what so-ever but we have Metcalf and maybe Boyd being locked in. So it is a genuine headache. If I was Cameron George i'd lock Boyd in for two years and give Jett third Half Back role at the club - letting TMM go. Potential to be a 10-year Warrior.

#4 Rodney Tuipolotu-Vea - Rodney looks a lot more developed this year. Watch him off the ball. The positions he is getting himself into. The lines he is choosing to run into the teeth of the defense. The activation in his body pre-ball in hand. The energy he displays... He is switched on! and this is an extremely good tell on a prop that is going to make impact across his career. He looks to be a major beneficiary of Jason Salalilo being injured to begin this season. I still think he is a year off but it is clear the development work that has gone into him.

# 5Jason Salalio - Jason Salalilo once he is injury free and gets a run of games is likely to get some NRL time. He compliments Tanner Stowers Smith perfectly in that they are both roughly 6'1, broad and physical and just keep punching forward. When played as a duo in NSW Cup they wore teams down through brutal physicality - they were corner stones of last years forward pack that won the NSW cup title. Jason can also can play the Erin Clark role but with more cement punch over ball distribution.

#6 Bishop Neal - Oh boy!! 17 years old, debuts NSW cup... Starting!! in the 2nd row and plays 80 mins, picking up a try. He is literally our Viliame Kikau and I think a major piece of our premiership puzzle. When you need impact he has got it. When you need an unfair advantage, he has got it. When you need a cheat code... he has got it. I think he needs time to simmer away, his impact across every level of league so far says "I'm playing NRL soon" Where do you fit him in. If the NRL commentators were blown away from Leka the Wreka, Laban and Demetric.... what will they say when they see this monster unleased?

#7 Jack Thompson - This is kid could be anything. Honestly he looks just like a young, brilliant Daly Cherry Evans. It's obvious he will be on the radar of most NRL clubs. He can run, pass and kick all at outstanding level of execution. Jack Thompson at #6 and Jett Cleary at #7 could be a dynasty. The Warriors have been so smart building the relationships between these players so early that they all know each other so well they will want to stick together and win titles together. Jack needs a one to two seasons of NSW cup like Cleary has been gaining to fully develop his craft. If there was a reason th Warriors didnt lock Boyd in long term then Thompson and Cleary would be it but they will need to be locked in long term and willing to take the time the club needs to develop and earn it.

You know its crazy because look who is still waiting in the wings - And i will be missing guys too

AFP - Speed kills (Get his other parts of his game right and he will become a star similar to the fox)
Cassius Tia??? - What could he be at our club?
Gannon - The guy is good! He is so smart as a player - his vision as a 2nd rower is unreal - Webster clearly rates him!! And it would surprise me if he becomes a cornerstone in our pack.
EIT - The guy is rock solid - super dependable and hard working - anywhere else and he is playing NRL
Kayliss Fatialofa - This guy was a superstar in NSW cup last year. A small forward with electric pace. Can he even get a glimpse of game time? Seems really unfair to him.
Jye Linnane - Where does this guy even fit into the picture? Surely not the halves with Jett Cleary and Jack Thompson - Is fullback his only go here?
Cooper Page-Wilson - This guy looks good and he is big and hard edged! he offers something different in our pack and is play good enough to make you ponder - does he potentially earn Barnetts or Niukores spot?
Rocco Berry - Is it over for him? All that potential never fulfilled at the Warriors or does he get one last shot to nail and win a premiership here?
Caelys-Paul Putoko - Athletically gifted and being given plenty of NSW cup time to develop. Raw but major upside if he puts it all together. Looks like they are backing him
Haizyn Mellars - Getting better and better every single week. Starting to look like a decent winger. Offers obvious threat in the air.
Motu Pasikala - The kid can play, he just didn't develop into a freak talent as quickly as everyone expected. Looked very good in the trials.
Tepatasi Laumalili - Getting serious NSW cup time off the bench. Monster prop with great attitude and potential for serious impact.

Now look at that depth and then potentially include Will Warbrick and Grant Anderson.

And then we have a stack of phenomenal talent coming through in Jersey Flegg that is bound for NSW cup.

Sio Kali
Brandon Norris
Emosi Ravosai
Gordon Afoa
Harry Inch
Tyson Hansen
Nganatatafu Vake
Kahu Capper
Harry Tauafiafi-Iutoi
Jeremiah Lemana
Joseph Ratcliffe
Kaian Olsen

So my question to you - We can't keep them all, in fact - many of these guys will not play NRL here at the Warriors - so who are the top 3 guys we simply can not lose under any circumstances?

Beautifully written brother!

I personally think the must keeps are

Kaian Olsen - I rate him better than Ratcliffe & Lemana. I would go so far as to say he may be our best back talent the club has produced since SJ. That kid has electric speed, he is strong , Able to drive through tackles. Always in support when breaks are made. Has the passing game of a half. Good in the air. Just needs to develope a kicking game to be a complete player.

Bishop Neal - Because lol.

I have a 3 way tie here
- Jett Cleary , Jack Thompson & Brandon Norris.

Wahs don't produce many nrl class halves.
Jett has pedigree - His brother is one of the best players in the world. His father one of the best coaches and was one hell of a league player himself. I see bits of Nathan & Ivan in this kid.

Jack Thompson - He is developing nicely. He is a work in progress. He has what you can't teach. Speed, Natural footy instincts and fearless for a slightly built kid. I hope we invest alot of time into these two. Money if we have too. They're the future of this club.

Brandon Norris - Potentially one of the best backs we have in our roster.
We haven't produced a world-class centre since Toopi.

Brandon has the potential to be the next super centre for us. He is super fast, Soldily built kid. Strong, Can hit & defend well. Has nice hands.
Hate that he is being shifted between centre & wing. Leave him at centre!
So much talent, But we can't keep them all. I'd be happy if we invested longterm in the kids i have mentioned.

Special shout out to the rock aka Christian Sikuvea

 

[BangBro's (still banging)]

Sport Nation interview in December 25 minutes in

You can go check it. Don't want to derail the recruitment thread with a massive youtube lilink

Fuck me! I can hear the seagulls chirping already.

 

[sup42]

I agree with the fact that any player playing NRL couldn’t be classified as unfit. They’re all high class athletes.
Which begs the question about Ali and his body language. You’ve offered some good reasoning, my worry is that he doesn’t have the ‘want’ for lack of a better word.

He strikes me as a player who, unless they’re dominating or the game is easy for them, does the bare minimum.

We have players who play to their absolute limits every game. Ali is not. And I don’t know how you overcome that as a staff.
It’s all speculation on my part but he doesn’t give off good signals.

Truth is we have seen it all before, hundreds of times.

I dunno why we try to find reasons for these people when in reality the pattern is staring us in the face.

Kinda reminds me of Russel Packer when he was with us and big and fat. Loads of Posters made excuses for that, saying he had foot problems and that he was just naturally big body type of guy that plays better with extra weight and bench impact.

What a load of bullshit that turned out to be, unless his cell mate was a foot surgeon, Russell found fitness Jesus in jail and came out looking and playing like the Terminator.

We all went through this with Vailea. The arguments were identical "confidence issues" "I think he will come right" "he needs more game time". My own pet hate "He has Xfactor and we need it to win games", correct me if I am wrong here people, but didn't the Warriors join the all time hall of fame for attacking stats in the opening three rounds of the NRL? The 2002 side had more "Xfactor" than this team sitting on the 2002's bench.....I call "Xfactor" fan code for bullshit.

Where is wonder winger David Fusitua now?

 

[Wrighty]

Top 5 NRL Centres by Tackle Efficiency (2025 Season)

1. Herbie Farnworth (Dolphins)
   • Tackle Efficiency: 94.00%
   • Tackles Made: 282
   • Missed Tackles: 18
2. Adam Pompey (Warriors)
   • Tackle Efficiency: 88.10%
   • Tackles Made: 274
   • Missed Tackles: 37
3. Bronson Xerri (Bulldogs)
   • Tackle Efficiency: 87.14%
   • Tackles Made: 244
   • Missed Tackles: 36
4. Kotoni Staggs (Broncos)
   • Tackle Efficiency: 85.99%
   • Tackles Made: 405
   • Missed Tackles: 66
5. Matthew Timoko (Raiders)
   • Tackle Efficiency: 84.25%
   • Tackles Made: 353
   • Missed Tackles: 66

Source: Official NRL Player Profiles (2025 Season D

That would place his performances around 6th....or another way to say it is above average.

Can you provide a URL to this list of best tackle efficiency centres SUP
I find this list difficult to believe for four reasons
1) The Raiders forum are convinced Timoko is a horrible defender
2) Stephen Crichton is missing from this list and he had 90.27% last year
3) Even Rocco is missing from the list - he played 12 games for 85.82% (which was a career low for him he is normally above 90%)
4) Nearly every centre I can think of had a better tackle efficiency rate than Timoko last year e.g the famous Starford Toa was 90.00%

 

[CWC]

IMO the next few weeks could determine if Boyd’s the real deal and we extend him especially Luke’s already back to test drive, and that’s good if we end up extending him our halve juniors can decide to leave now or develop into a FB/centre as CNK probably won’t be FB by end of 27 and TT will be about 28

 

[Dead Man Switch]

This will be an unpopular opinion given all the glazing (and rightfully so given his form) Boyd is getting atm.

But I wouldn't be rushing to put a big contract in front him until after round 6.

If he plays like Joey in that Storm game and finally gets us one over Bellamy then sure.

Counter argument would be that that'll shoot his price up a few hundred k, but I would rather a slightly more expensive half I know can step up against the big guns than a less expensive half who can't.

Shame we don't play the Panthers until round 13.

Well, that is true but maybe they do exactly that. Warriors will want a half that wants to run a machine. Who has or will buy fully into the culture and is not all about the money.

If anything, Warriors will likely secure Boyd at fair market value or even slightly under.

Geez that's a tough question, how do you pick just 3!

I'll try though

1. Jason Salalilo - He's our next JFH, super impressive career to date considering his age. Bonus points for being a Cantab

2. Junior Sikuvea - As you said, talent galore, looks like a genuine first grader. Our long term 13 after Erin Clark.

3. Kaian Olsen - Very young but has all the attributes to be a superstar fullback.

Man you are spot on with what you said there.

Olsen, Ratcliffe and Lemana - Olsen is the fastest and most electric. Ratcliffe is talented and plays very similar to Clinton Schifcofske - (High value player). Salalio is very much in that JFH type of player. And he is learn from the best!!!

 

[Dead Man Switch]

Beautifully written brother!

I personally think the must keeps are

Kaian Olsen - I rate him better than Ratcliffe & Lemana. I would go so far as to say he may be our best back talent the club has produced since SJ. That kid has electric speed, he is strong , Able to drive through tackles. Always in support when breaks are made. Has the passing game of a half. Good in the air. Just needs to develope a kicking game to be a complete player.

Bishop Neal - Because lol.

I have a 3 way tie here
- Jett Cleary , Jack Thompson & Brandon Norris.

Wahs don't produce many nrl class halves.
Jett has pedigree - His brother is one of the best players in the world. His father one of the best coaches and was one hell of a league player himself. I see bits of Nathan & Ivan in this kid.

Jack Thompson - He is developing nicely. He is a work in progress. He has what you can't teach. Speed, Natural footy instincts and fearless for a slightly built kid. I hope we invest alot of time into these two. Money if we have too. They're the future of this club.

Brandon Norris - Potentially one of the best backs we have in our roster.
We haven't produced a world-class centre since Toopi.

Brandon has the potential to be the next super centre for us. He is super fast, Soldily built kid. Strong, Can hit & defend well. Has nice hands.
Hate that he is being shifted between centre & wing. Leave him at centre!
So much talent, But we can't keep them all. I'd be happy if we invested longterm in the kids i have mentioned.

Special shout out to the rock aka Christian Sikuvea

Smashed it bro!! Far out so much unreal ability and talent there.

I agree 100% on Brandon Norris. His ability to finish is special. He is an out and out finisher. When was the last guy we had like that? I think you are right, probably Toopi... one of my favorite Warriors of all-time

 

[Boston Boy]

Geez that's a tough question, how do you pick just 3!

I'll try though

1. Jason Salalilo - He's our next JFH, super impressive career to date considering his age. Bonus points for being a Cantab

2. Junior Sikuvea - As you said, talent galore, looks like a genuine first grader. Our long term 13 after Erin Clark.

3. Kaian Olsen - Very young but has all the attributes to be a superstar fullback.

Thoughts on Rodney Vea (I missed a name). At a glance, he seemed to have that heavy set bone structure that is very hard to smash, a bit like Addin Fonua Blake. Am I wrong there? Seems to always dent the line.

 

[Horriors2013]

Thoughts on Rodney Vea (I missed a name). At a glance, he seemed to have that heavy set bone structure that is very hard to smash, a bit like Addin Fonua Blake. Am I wrong there? Seems to always dent the line.

He is a unit. Mobile though too. Him, Laumalili, Page-Wilson are a force. Add Sikuvea and Neale and fuck that pack is boss. With Taufua getting quick distribution and exploding out of the blocks, it's too much for cuppers to handle.

 

[Horriors2013]

Smashed it bro!! Far out so much unreal ability and talent there.

I agree 100% on Brandon Norris. His ability to finish is special. He is an out and out finisher. When was the last guy we had like that? I think you are right, probably Toopi... one of my favorite Warriors of all-time

Toopi one of my faves too. I do like Norris. He, AKP and Mellars are different types. I'm keen to see how the wing position pans out.