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

 

[Brightman]

Maybe because they saw a future for him in his specialist position. He's had 1 start at Centre in Cup, 23 months ago, and no games there in Flegg or SG Ball

so you don't see him staying? I've made it clear well before today I see him replicating a positional switch like Isaac Tago has. Maybe it's a Penrith thing, maybe it's a Webster thing, we'll see..

 

[Blain]

I honestly think the best thing the club could do is send these guys out on good will (like honestly almost chip in a little bit on the salary for the remainder of their current contracts) if they kill it hopefully the good will beings back solid first graders in 3-4 years and if not they get to live their nrl dreams and travel alittle.

That's weird logic. So let go bottom dollar guys, and replace them with other bottom dollar guys who wont play NRL? You need a 30 man roster.

Every club needs bottom value players in their rosters, ideally guys who are developing. Not everyone expects to play a lot of NRL despite being top 30. They are investing years of development into these guys. EIT will get some games this year, but I wouldn't be surprised to see him play plenty in 2027 and look NRL standard straight away.

 

[Cces]

so you don't see him staying? I've made it clear well before today I see him replicating a positional switch like Isaac Tago has. Maybe it's a Penrith thing, maybe it's a Webster thing, we'll see..

He's got a contract for 2027 already so I'm pretty sure he's staying.
Tago debuted at Centre in NSW Cup so why the comparison to him?
Has the club given any indication they see Fatialofa as a long term Centre?

 

[Damo]

He's got a contract for 2027 already so I'm pretty sure he's staying.
Tago debuted at Centre in NSW Cup so why the comparison to him?
Has the club given any indication they see Fatialofa as a long term Centre?

Nope. It's just one random comment from a fan on here that snowballed, similar to the Metcalf to Fullback dreams.

 

[BabylonPink]

Nope. It's just one random comment from a fan on here that snowballed, similar to the Metcalf to Fullback dreams.

Wait a minute, your telling us metcalf will play fullback? That webbys sat him down, had the hard word?
Crickey