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: 23/30
2027 Supplementary: 0/6

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

Off contract and free to sign elsewhere for 2027: Rocco Berry, Kurt Capewell, 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, Chanel Harris-Tavita, Sam Healey, Eddie Ieremia-Toeava, Ali Leiataua, Charnze Nicoll-Klokstad, Motu Pasikala, Adam Pompey, Dallin Watene-Zelezniak

 

[Dannevegas]

"Hey Bronco's fans, thanks for releasing Antonio Verhoeven.....now fk off"

Glad we didn’t get that guy. What were we doing going after him in the first place.

 

[Tookey 2.0]

Only the 1 year too....do we think that was at CHTs request or the clubs?

Great news either way, hope he got some of LMs money

 

[AlwaysOptmistic]

Sounds like the Boyd extension isn’t so easy.
Hopefully we get the news he has extended.
Has he got big money offers from Australia too? I knew bears were interested according to reports with sexton going to six etc

 

[skinnydippng]

YESSSSSS CHANEL MY GOAT
make him co-captain with fish next year

 

[sydneywarrior92]

The best recruitment decision will be Kurt Capewell for 2 more years.
Webby knows this
OMG he is an Origin starter.
He is our MVP week to week.
His subtleties go unnoticed.
His defence is constantly unforgiving.

I think the bigger draw for him is a premiership. Penrith, Sharks, Broncos are his previous clubs. He is someone where success follows him. I think he can see that we are on the cusp of something really special: if not this year, over the next few years.

 

[j_p]

Sounds like the Boyd extension isn’t so easy.
Hopefully we get the news he has extended.
Has he got big money offers from Australia too? I knew bears were interested according to reports with sexton going to six etc

I think the fact cam George mentioned we'll hear the announcements soon it's probably close to a done deal.
Who knows maybe warriors are back in negotiations for a discount due to injury.

 

[BangBro's (still banging)]

I love capewell but I would not keep him beyond this year. Fatialofa is like a caged beast at the moment! We are actually stacked in the backrow!

 

[WAH MAN]

Seems to like the soggy golfing weather of AKL

No snakes when you go looking for your lost ball

 

[BangBro's (still banging)]

Now can we sign CHT before the November 1 deadline!

 

[juju]

I love capewell but I would not keep him beyond this year. Fatialofa is like a caged beast at the moment! We are actually stacked in the backrow!

None of our back row screams leadership though which is why I think one more year is a good idea.

 

[rugged]

Sounds like the Boyd extension isn’t so easy.

Is there actual word that it isn't so easy. I would really hope we had something in writing from Tanah before letting LM negotiate elsewhere

 

[Theking267]

Is there actual word that it isn't so easy. I would really hope we had something in writing from Tanah before letting LM negotiate elsewhere

Probably because of the ACL injury the club might not want to commit to a 3rd year

 

[roguei]

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@BabylonPink with the scoop.

Harris-Tavita signs one-year extension to end of 2027

Chanel Harris-Tavita stretches stay with One New Zealand Warriors to an eighth season.

www.warriors.kiwi

Ayeee, fuck yeah! Well needed and hopefully we manage to get him past 2027. I think he is a top three number 6 in the game at the moment.

 

[WAH MAN]

None of our back row screams leadership though which is why I think one more year is a good idea.

Demetric has it in him. Give it time

 

[FormerlyJamesW]

Demetric has it in him. Give it time

Demi seems like a Fish 2.0 in the making, to me.

 

[sup42]

Great news, that sorts another piece of the puzzle out. CHT might be surpassed beyond next year by someone else, a year works well for the club too. There are so many halve's coming up, this is great, no blocking for 2028.

 

[BangBro's (still banging)]

This may be a little wild, but why not play Cleary at 7 next year and not re-sign Martin?

Get Cleary on a 2 or 3 year deal and overlap him with Boyd.

It could be a great time to play him while our pack is so good!

 

[tajhay]

This may be a little wild, but why not play Cleary at 7 next year and not re-sign Martin?

Get Cleary on a 2 or 3 year deal and overlap him with Boyd.

It could be a great time to play him while our pack is so good!

Shouldnt we be picking players based on current ability and not because of surnames?

 

[FormerlyJamesW]

Shouldnt we be picking players based on current ability and not because of surnames?

Ali's ears are burning..

 

[BangBro's (still banging)]

Shouldnt we be picking players based on current ability and not because of surnames?

When will it ever be a good time?