Recruitment Warriors 2026/2027 Recruitment & Retention

Warriors 2026/2027 Recruitment and Retention Discussion​

Player	2026​	2027​	2028​	2029​	2030​
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	✔​	✔​	✔​
Freddy Lussick	✔​
Te Maire Martin	✔​
Haizyn Mellars	✔​	✔​	✔​
Luke Metcalf	✔​	✔​	✔​
Charnze Nicoll-Klokstad	✔​	✔​
Marata Niukore	✔​
Adam Pompey	✔​	✔​
Tanner Stowers-Smith	✔​	✔​	✔​
Taine Tuaupiki	✔​
Roger Tuivasa-Sheck	✔​
Demitric Vaimauga	✔​	✔​	✔​
Dallin Watene-Zelezniak	✔​	✔​
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: 30/30
2026 Supplementary: 1/6

2027 Top 30: 21/30
2027 Supplementary: 0/6

2027 Gains: Nil
2027 Losses: Nil

Off contract and free to sign elsewhere for 2027: Rocco Berry, Tanah Boyd, Kurt Capewell, Chanel Harris-Tavita, Freddy Lussick, Te Maire Martin, Marata Niukore, Taine Tuaupiki, Roger Tuivasa-Sheck
Will be off contract and free to sign elsewhere for 2028 from November 1st, 2026: Mitchell Barnett, Erin Clark, 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

 

[Victor_Radley's_Scrotum]

Compton Purcell is at the Panthers.

What an outstanding name that lad has

 

[The Warrior Waka]

What an outstanding name that lad has

Something straight out of Boyz in the Hood

 

[Noitall]

What's this I'm hearing about Matua Parkinson making a comeback?

Has he been selling guns again?

 

[Victor_Radley's_Scrotum]

Has he been selling guns again?

Well we are always on the lookout for a gun signing, reckon he'd go alright!

 

[Ref]

What's this I'm hearing about Matua Parkinson making a comeback?

I ran a line in a Pa Wars game about 10/12 years ago.
What a niggly, slightly grubby and annoying player he was. Not dangerous but someone should have smacked him.

 

[Horriors2013]

Oh well I'm more hyped about Linnane than like all our kiwi junior playmakers lol, Luke has 2 ACLs and triple hammy tears and we're like "please re-sign Luke Skywalker PLEEEEAAAASE!!!"

That's what hype is about, now it's whether the kid can deliver

Let's not forget, Linnane hasn't been overhyped. This is just our forum in the off-season If it wasn't for this forum I wouldn't have known he existed. Some of us feel certain that CHT will be insufficient to win a GF and want to see more from our 6.

Fact: if Linnane can stay fit, he'd be a greater threat than CHT. I don't think many would debate that.
Another fact: he could never recover, then we 'd be looking at Hansen or Jett.

Net result: It's not a bad position to be in considering, as mentioned above, we got no halves in the pipeline in NZ. If CHT and Linnane fail, I have confidence that Hansen could do a decent job with some assistance from Luke, even if he matures at a slower rate than Cleary. With Cleary it's just a matter of time. He may or may not reach Nathan's caliber (not many have or will, so that wouldn't be a measure of failure), but he's shown enough to signal he has a high ceiling. I saw a couple of runs which looked deadset like Nathan. About 4 dummies, step, step, over the line to win the game in Flegg.

The club set this up well. We're not going to have a halves crisis anytime soon. One of those prospects is going to succeed. I like our odds. It's just a matter of which one will surmount their challenges and come out victor. If 2 or 3 come up trumps, we'll have to choose which one we want to keep. We'd be spoilt for choice.

 

[Horriors2013]

Looks like Setu Tu could be off to the dragons. Not confirmed though.

Looks inevitable. Lots of clubs mentioned. Could easily end up back here for a fourth stint

 

[Horriors2013]

I ran a line in a Pa Wars game about 10/12 years ago.
What a niggly, slightly grubby and annoying player he was. Not dangerous but someone should have smacked him.

He's a good fulla off the field. Down to earth. Just trying to re-live the good Ole days I think. Ain't we all? Haha.

 

[Horriors2013]

I ran a line in a Pa Wars game about 10/12 years ago.
What a niggly, slightly grubby and annoying player he was. Not dangerous but someone should have smacked him.

If it was down the East Coast I probably played you too We like showing out of towners we're tough Even if we lose.

 

[Five&Last]

I don’t know if pahulu is gone is he? He’s just too old for 17s now. And the Mikaele one was tough because phins offered both the brothers a deal, whereas we only wanted to offer Lucian one

He has signed with NZRU.