Recruitment Warriors 2026/2027 Recruitment & Retention

[CWC]

The Warriors have played the ultimate poker face. Now we get NAS cheap. He has taken on our usual story line, come home to win our first GF. Our big bopper now sorted ha ha.. Now we just need some speed and flair.

His wife better not be into brownies

 

[MrFrankWhite]

Yeah there is no way it was a clean release. I reckon he got paid some form of compensation to leave to get early release or be stuck in reserve grade.

I can see storm coughing up 500k over the two years to gain 1.2m salary cap space.

I could see them coughing up $1.5m. That's still a saving of $300k and a top 30 spot.

 

[RobRoyMcCoy]

Theoretically that means we can negotiate with him at whatever value we see from him and offer him the bonus of coming home to NZ (if indeed he views it as such). Personally for a low vlaue contract he would offer us something that we don't currently possess and he has proven to be a point of difference even for the mighty Storm on numerous occassions.

Cappy may see it as a good punt from a risk/reward perspective if the value is right. Do we have a spot in the roster?

 

[Christchurch_Warrior]

I would suspect a third party has helped NAS make this call. Fucking Melbourne has so much history with the salary cap rorting this is hardly a surprise.

 

[Naynay]

Might crashout if they annouce a NAS signing

 

[3rdstriker]

That's the way I read it. The storm have not paid him out. He has "voluntarily" asked for a release with air quotes around voluntarily

The Article reads like that but behind closed doors the storm probably squeezed Nas out.

 

[3rdstriker]

The Warriors have played the ultimate poker face. Now we get NAS cheap. He has taken on our usual story line, come home to win our first GF. Our big bopper now sorted ha ha.. Now we just need some speed and flair.

NAS isnt what we need, he would be surplus to requirements atm.

 

[Leon Black]

How the fuck do the Storm get away with “his departure opens up a significant portion of salary cap space to utilise elsewhere.”

Every man and his dog come to Melbourne for less to play under Bellyache, FFS, we aren’t all wearing tin foil hats

Probably downgraded from Boats to Jetskis in the garage, one per every family member, whilst all we can offer is free Wendy’s!!!

 

[Leon Black]

Dean Ieremia suffers achilles injury

Scans have confirmed Storm winger Dean Ieremia has suffered an achilles rupture.

www.melbournestorm.com.au

I see Dean Ieremia, EIT half brother is on the lookout for a new club

Magically released with 2 years remaining “his departure opens up a significant portion of salary cap space to utilise elsewhere.”- I don’t know if he had any years left for all you trainspotters

 

[Noitall]

Magically released with 2 years remaining “his departure opens up a significant portion of salary cap space to utilise elsewhere.”- I don’t know if he had any years left for all you trainspotters

This one off contract

 

[cock_o]

Even if we sign NAS and he is always suspended, then he can't destroy us every time we play Melbourne

 

[Leon Black]

This one off contract

You had too didn’t you

 

[Leon Black]

Every time NAS played at Mt Smart he was unstoppable — same intensity he showed in Bali after that Vunivalu scrap.

We’ve got plenty of same-sized forwards with similar skill sets, but none built like him. Worth the gamble — we’ve taken on worse (BMM, Kane Evans, etc.).

Back home, mentoring young guns, with the CKB crew, and motivated to prove Bellyache wrong — feels like a guy ready to turn it around. Bishop’s still a year off.

Barney would be perfect for him — locked in, disciplined, and playing career-best footy in his later years.

Or he gets stuck into one too many Baconators

 

[Five&Last]

Thats why I think hes better suited to the backrow, hes quick for a forward.

But then he'd be asked to play even larger minutes.

His lateral movements would be stretched even more. Him defending that much space worries me.

I see your point because he could be damaging running a hole with his speed, but i think his weaknesses would be exposed further.

Plus I'd rather a second rower who has a step or footwork and can create a half line-break that way or quick PTB, as opposed to someone charging a million miles an hour at a defensive line.

 

[Five&Last]

we’ve taken on worse (BMM, Kane Evans, etc.).

This is a cop out haha

I'd like to think we're a different organisation now

 

[wizard of Tauranga]

Barnett and Walker were hot heads that Webby molded into intensity.

NAS has that aggression that if channeled right, could make him a real game changing weapon.

Imagine Barnett going off and NAS replacing him with the same ‘take no prisoners’ intensity

 

[tajhay]

Wouldnt the NAS release suggest that he is going to join R360 after the 2026 season? Theorising here, but suspect he asked for release from 2027 to join R360 at the end of 2026 season, and storm said you can go early. I suspect he will be joining a team for a 1 year deal only.

Wonder what min value the nrl salary cap auditors place on him.