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

 

[Wahs_Ultras]

I dont think there is a right price now Melbourne aren’t gonna chip in. Cant see him taking a small contract.

That was probably the problem in the first place when we were offered him a few months ago. Melbourne not chipping in enough of his remaining salary.

 

[Victor_Radley's_Scrotum]

Could Big Nelson be a temporary fill in for Metcalf as a big bodied half back in the opening rounds, we've seen he has a kicking game!

 

[cock_o]

So can a club pay out a players contract so they leave?
Also does that money go under the cap?

 

[CWC]

Could Big Nelson be a temporary fill in for Metcalf as a big bodied half back in the opening rounds, we've seen he has a kicking game!

Wrong. He'll be the fullback that we don't deserve but the one we need

 

[CWC]

So can a club pay out a players contract so they leave?
Also does that money go under the cap?

I guess we just copy exactly what the Storm do

 

[Bluecat]

5 years ago NAS I would pay overs to get here.
Today's NAS not so much.
He's still a big scary man and he would add some bash to the forward pack but he is such a liability. He'd be better than Kane Evans and Matt Lodge when they were here but not worth spending a lot on and definitely not worth having a place over some of our younger players coming through.

I think Haas showed yesterday what a well disciplined big man is worth and I don't know that NAS would have been as good as him. Or most of the big guys playing yesterday

 

[Horriors2013]

NAS, JFH, Barnett, Clarke, Halsima, Capewah/Laban. Let's fucking go bro! We've already got a beast pack but this would make us a monster pack to be feared.

If Storm are paying 2026, then we pay $850k in the second year, which gives us two years for $850k? $425k per season. Or am I mathing wrong?

That's a good deal in any man's language.

 

[Victor_Radley's_Scrotum]

5 years ago NAS I would pay overs to get here.
Today's NAS not so much.
He's still a big scary man and he would add some bash to the forward pack but he is such a liability. He'd be better than Kane Evans and Matt Lodge when they were here but not worth spending a lot on and definitely not worth having a place over some of our younger players coming through.

I think Haas showed yesterday what a well disciplined big man is worth and I don't know that NAS would have been as good as him. Or most of the big guys playing yesterday

But what if he was signed to play in the halves?

 

[Canadian_Warriors_Fan]

NAS, JFH, Barnett, Clarke, Halsima, Capewah/Laban. Let's fucking go bro! We've already got a beast pack but this would make us a monster pack to be feared.

If Storm are paying 2026, then we pay $850k in the second year, which gives us two years for $850k? $425k per season. Or am I mathing wrong?

That's a good deal in any man's language.

Storm aren't paying anything, the contract they had with nas is finished.

 

[CWC]

Just saying….I’d really prefer a fullback dammit

A fast one with decent coins so Webby plays him

 

[Wrighty]

A fast one with decent coins so Webby plays him

What does this mean? "decent coins"

 

[steakncheese]

Storm aren't paying anything, the contract they had with nas is finished.

Yup they paid him out, so we could get him for a lazy 500k before he goes and gets millions at R360

 

[Victor_Radley's_Scrotum]

Just saying….I’d really prefer a fullback dammit

A fast one with decent coins so Webby plays him

Just a matter of time until Kalyn is here

 

[BangBro's (still banging)]

NAS, JFH, Barnett, Clarke, Halsima, Capewah/Laban. Let's fucking go bro! We've already got a beast pack but this would make us a monster pack to be feared.

If Storm are paying 2026, then we pay $850k in the second year, which gives us two years for $850k? $425k per season. Or am I mathing wrong?

That's a good deal in any man's language.

We finally may live up to the tag!

 

[Mudders]

Panthers stole another. Patrick Moimoi

 

[shuffle]

Correct. I photo bombed KP too. See me in the background of the photo. View attachment 14919

That don’t impress me much.

 

[Billyspleen75]

Panthers stole another. Patrick Moimoi

I understand we are going to lose some good players now that we have a good system.. but can the Panthers fuck off please?

 

[Naynay]

I understand we are going to lose some good players now that we have a good system.. but can the Panthers fuck off please?

Hahaha ikr, we need to set up a forwards for backs kind of deal, like give us mclean to return to nz

 

[sydneywarrior92]

That interview he did with NZH suggests to me that NAS's head space is not right atm. If your head is not in the game then there's very little that good coaching from Webby can achieve. So I'd be very weary in trying to bring him over here if all he ends up doing is upending the positive environment we've started to build within the playing group. We all saw what happened last year with AFB. We don't want a repeat of that in 26 where we follow up a good year with a bad one.

I'd rather we invest in our young pack that back them to grow into the fearsome outfit that we all know they can be. Spend the coin on an ambitious backs signing. Throw the kitchen sink at KP or Kini.

 

[Tookey 2.0]

That interview he did with NZH suggests to me that NAS's head space is not right atm. If your head is not in the game then there's very little that good coaching from Webby can achieve. So I'd be very weary in trying to bring him over here if all he ends up doing is upending the positive environment we've started to build within the playing group. We all saw what happened last year with AFB. We don't want a repeat of that in 26 where we follow up a good year with a bad one.

I'd rather we invest in our young pack that back them to grow into the fearsome outfit that we all know they can be. Spend the coin on an ambitious backs signing. Throw the kitchen sink at KP or Kini.

You say from that interview your thoughts are that NAS's head isn't in the right space.
You also say a good coach like Webby wouldn't be able to do anything with that.

If we do sign him, then I'm assuming NAS has had talks with several of our our recruitment team, including Webby, who has also probably had input from Stacey, JFH and the boys in the Kiwis camp.

I don't think there's any way that yours, mine, or any one else's assessment of the situation from a news piece is going to be better than all those people mentioned above.

So, I think we can all rest easy that if NAS does come over here he's convinced Webby and Co that he's bought into our way of doing things. Same goes with AKP, Gannon, and all other players we've picked up for nek year.

Hope that doesn't sound too rude, not having a go at you or anyone else doubting NAS, I just think the reality is that there's plenty of mahi that gets done prior to us signing someone. Webby's already declines NAS not long ago, so we're clearly not just jumping at any big bopper that moves