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

 

[sup42]

While yes I feel sorry for him, and calling him a dud was harsh.

He is fucken stupid though, his tackle technique is horrendous!

I would be happy if he went home on compassionate grounds.

Just save this kid!

Of all the warriors one gamers, did he play the least minutes? English hard aye.

There is a chance that there was an oversight in his brain function leading to poor decision making. Not everything in this sphere is revealed by the testing we have available. Microscopic damage is nigh on undetectable with a scan (scans look at big stuff not cellular level or microscopic junctions in the brain, and then there are the flaws in cognitive testing).

It may well be that someone who kept getting bumps on the head, was able to turn in plausible feedback to testing while having a hidden complex happening as part of multiple concussions.

The most concerning thing about his issue that I have seen is that some of the impacts are relatively minor to the naked eye, he seems brittle, a small knock and he needs to be pulled from the field (as compared to multiple similar incidents in any given game). Some of that will be the ole abundance of caution, however that doesn't keep you from passing an HIA and running back out there either in the same game or the following week.

He seems very much to have lost his instinct and reactions to head movement out of harms way.

 

[Five&Last]

I really feel for Gannon. He is clearly well thought of after being handed a starting NRL debut in front of Kayliss. After already having a year off, 4 head knocks in a short time is crazy. Hopefully he can recover and come back for next season, but at some point you have to accept the next 50 years in life is more important than being paid to play Footy.

And this is after major issues last season at Leeds with head knocks. Not promising at all for his long term playing outlook.

 

[Muddogz]

It’s a shame as he showed a lot of class in that preseason game against the Dolphins, he’s got great hands and good footwork and the potential to be a very good player.

Poor fella has copped a ridiculous amount of head injuries in a very short time though and he definitely needs a bit of a break to consider his career going forward.

 

[j_p]

Yeah,

Good he has been given personal leave, should be around family and away from football, calls need to be made about his future.

Has he had another concussion recently?