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

 

[Warriors4eva95]

Ratcliffe & Kaian Olsen. I'm predicting Olsen to have SJ type youtube highlights reel in years to come. Kid is phenomenal!

Ratcliffe is gonna be an absolute beast, reminds me of the Ryan Paps type of player with Reece Walsh's footy smarts

 

[The Warrior Waka]

Ratcliffe is gonna be an absolute beast, reminds me of the Ryan Paps type of player with Reece Walsh's footy smarts

Ratcliffe reminds me more of a young Dylan Edwards. Solid , hard-working kid with good speed.
Olsen is more like Walsh/Papenhuyzen with blinding speed and handy ball skills.
We'll soon see in a few years time.

 

[The Warrior Waka]

We should get Jackson Ford to get in the ear of his first cousin Hamish Stewart and tell him hes not gonna win a premiership anytime soon with the Drags? Come on over son! Lol.

 

[Jaffa J]

With Cowboys signing Ramien and Katoa Barber could be a serious option

 

[Warriors4eva95]

Cowboys are making moves Katoa and Ramien signed, they've got an endless backline now

 

[Warriors4eva95]

With Cowboys signing Ramien and Katoa Barber could be a serious option

Off contact - Taulagi I thought would be a much better option 27 years old in his prime years from Auckland may be home sick and I reckon he'd be lethal and could well fit in the web ball system and would totally be an upgrade to Pompey

 

[Dead Man Switch]

Ratcliffe is gonna be an absolute beast, reminds me of the Ryan Paps type of player with Reece Walsh's footy smarts

100% AGREE!!

Ratcliffe has really reminded me several times of a hybrid of Ryan Paps, Reece Walsh and James Tedesco. He is going to be a weapon for the Warriors. A long term Warriors in the making.

 

[Tookey 2.0]

100% AGREE!!

Ratcliffe has really reminded me several times of a hybrid of Ryan Paps, Reece Walsh and James Tedesco. He is going to be a weapon for the Warriors. A long term Warriors in the making.

When can we realistically hope to have one of them as a starting NRL fullback, and do we need to bridge that gap before theyre ready?

Soz, a few people responded but you were last to respond, happy to hear from any one about this

 

[Wahs_Ultras]

With Cowboys signing Ramien and Katoa Barber could be a serious option

Purdue is the future at fullback for the cows so Barber will definitely be on the outer. Apparently roosters were interested, but they’re always linked to every young talent in the NRL

 

[Dead Man Switch]

When can we realistically hope to have one of them as a starting NRL fullback, and do we need to bridge that gap before theyre ready?

Soz, a few people responded but you were last to respond, happy to hear from any one about this

I think will be 2 years off.

Needs to be blooded into NSW cup this year at some stage and then get a full year learning the role in NSW cup after that.