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​
Luke Hanson	S​
Motu Pasikala	S​	U​
Caelys-Paul Putoko	S​
Jason Salalilo	S​	U​	U​
Makaia Taufa	S​	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: 6/6

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

 

[BabylonPink]

Not everyone can be batman. Let the battle continue and let's hope it turns into premiership/s

TmM perfect example of that.

 

[Beastmode]

It's the best kind of spanner you could hope for.

A screw driver ?

I’m not hopeful. If shit hits the fan, Slater is more likely to play Munster at 7, Ponga at 6 than give Boyd a shot…

 

[Beastmode]

TmM perfect example of that.

TMM isn’t even Robin. He’s more like the Butler cleaning up after everyone makes a mess.

CHT is Robin

Just saying….

 

[BabylonPink]

TMM isn’t even Robin. He’s more like the Butler cleaning up after everyone makes a mess.

CHT is Robin

Just saying….

There's a bird joke in there about robins and martin's.....

 

[MrFrankWhite]

Wait people just spent weeks saying we basically owned CHT and would be able to sign him for unders because he doesnt want to be anywhere else?!?

Are you trying to tell me he has agency and free will?!

 

[MrFrankWhite]

So accounting for all the rumours, next year we are looking at

6 Metcalf
7 Boyd

Except Mets doesnt want to play 6.

CHT leaving also explains Metcalf's comments around playing "5/8 for a short time". Which on the face of it was weird as he's not currently playing 6.

 

[Beastmode]

So accounting for all the rumours, next year we are looking at

6 Metcalf
7 Boyd

This isn’t the way

Metcalf doesn’t want to play 6

Most importantly

I don’t this his body can play 6 . He will get wrecked trying to defend tackles.

 

[sup42]

Given our exciting prospects in Harry Inch, Jett, and Linanne who could all be ready for 2027 that could be a big win for us really...

Bit confusing on Chanel's part - if you want to win a premiership youd think 2026-2028 could be our best bet across the whole time weve been in the comp - a 2 yeae contract and you've given yourself the best opportunity to be the first wahs 6 that wins the comp...

Cassius Tia is another smokey, but would need to be upgraded. Not looking likely this year with his injury situation maybe?

I am really looking forward to Cassius, Jye, and Gannon being fit and showing their full talents, that will really throw a few curve balls.

All thanks to League GOD Andrew McFadden.

 

[skinnydippng]

my in denial take is maybe CHT is looking at extending long-term with the warriors, but the agent is just sussing out other clubs for a 1 year deal because he thinks he might get homesick and doesn't want to look at moving away for more than a year after the covid bubble aus era

idk im just in denial speculating

 

[Brightman]

I don’t this his body can play 6 . He will get wrecked trying to defend tackles.

Get real..

 

[roguei]

my in denial take is maybe CHT is looking at extending long-term with the warriors, but the agent is just sussing out other clubs for a 1 year deal because he thinks he might get homesick and doesn't want to look at moving away for more than a year after the covid bubble aus era

idk im just in denial speculating

Would he not just be wanting to go to PNG? All you need is to be set up as a aus tax resident over there. Which i think happens automtically after half a year, but can be sped up. Assume any of these rumors are true, which they normally are not unless they are coming from an NZ source.

 

[skinnydippng]

Would he not just be wanting to go to PNG? All you need is to be set up as a aus tax resident over there. Which i think happens automtically after half a year, but can be sped up. Assume any of these rumors are true, which they normally are not unless they are coming from an NZ source.

would be interesting, not sure how he and luai would go as a halves pairing although they've played together for samoa, only once in the halves together with luai 6 chanel 7