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​
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: 29/30
2026 Supplementary: 2/6

2027 Top 30: 22/30
2027 Supplementary: 0/6

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

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

 

[Defence]

Couple of alphas catching up

Speaking of… I see lodge has popped up a the cowboys.

 

[Noitall]

Speaking of… I see lodge has popped up a the cowboys.

You beat me to it. Just posted that on the nrl recruitment thread. The Isaac Moses connection

 

[BangBro's (still banging)]

Speaking of… I see lodge has popped up a the cowboys.

They can fucken have him!

 

[Five&Last]

They can fucken have him!

Would he be the most disliked Warrior of all time? I don't think there's any real competition

 

[BangBro's (still banging)]

Would he be the most disliked Warrior of all time? I don't think there's any real competition

Kane Evans tops him for me, cant believe we had them both at the same time.

 

[Warriorsfan92]

Kane Evans tops him for me, cant believe we had them both at the same time.

Nah, lodge was worse. Came over after his conviction, we gave him a lifeline via Peter O’Sullivan who was his father in law, when no one would touch him. We were forced to pay him $700000, after him and mark robinson had a falling out. Hes toxic through and through. Yes Kane evans was shit, embarrassing & a waste of time but at least he didn’t set us back financially & fuck our culture as much as lodge. Every club lodge has been to, he’s up to 6 now, has moved him on. Bloody handy player but clubs can’t deal with him.

 

[MrFrankWhite]

If you don't understand the role of a hooker in the modern game then yes you might think that.

oN tHe CUSp oF OriGIn

 

[Wah's Up]

They can fucken have him!

And Moses

 

[kos]

They can fucken have him!

Dont think there will be A N Y debate on this sentiment.

 

[Noitall]

Freddy Lussick seals Panthers deal

Penrith Panthers is pleased to confirm the signing of Freddy Lussick on a one-year deal for the 2026 season.

www.penrithpanthers.com.au

 

[Billyspleen75]

Freddy Lussick seals Panthers deal

Penrith Panthers is pleased to confirm the signing of Freddy Lussick on a one-year deal for the 2026 season.

www.penrithpanthers.com.au

Good on him.
I hope he manages a few games and sets himself up for a good deal in 2027

 

[Noitall]

Good on him.
I hope he manages a few games and sets himself up for a good deal in 2027

Already their forum talking about him as the ideal 14

 

[tajhay]

NAS wont be joining the Warriors. Moving over to Boxing.

https://www.news.com.au/sport/nrl/rugby-league-bombshell-as-nrls-biggest-man-quits-for-new-sport/news-story/19ed549219a698cb8dd368976f96918b

 

[Warriorsfan92]

NAS wont be joining the Warriors. Moving over to Boxing.

https://www.news.com.au/sport/nrl/rugby-league-bombshell-as-nrls-biggest-man-quits-for-new-sport/news-story/19ed549219a698cb8dd368976f96918b

Thank fuck for that, would’ve been the biggest panic buy

 

[Noitall]

NAS wont be joining the Warriors. Moving over to Boxing.

https://www.news.com.au/sport/nrl/rugby-league-bombshell-as-nrls-biggest-man-quits-for-new-sport/news-story/19ed549219a698cb8dd368976f96918b

Disappointing but probably for the best. With all that’s happened to Katoa, any slight connection to the head could be penalised to try and compensate for the shambles that occurred in the pacific championship

 

[BabylonPink]

Kane Evans tops him for me, cant believe we had them both at the same time.

Kane is a Prince amongst men M8

 

[sup42]

NAS wont be joining the Warriors. Moving over to Boxing.

https://www.news.com.au/sport/nrl/rugby-league-bombshell-as-nrls-biggest-man-quits-for-new-sport/news-story/19ed549219a698cb8dd368976f96918b

Good to know thanks.

 

[CWC]

So counting down the 10-day cooling period for Drinky or Ponga now

 

[Hitro]

Disappointing but probably for the best. With all that’s happened to Katoa, any slight connection to the head could be penalised to try and compensate for the shambles that occurred in the pacific championship

Always wondered if the fallout from his signing would be a young 'un leaving because we signed over them. Hopefully that's not the case now.

 

[Noitall]

Always wondered if the fallout from his signing would be a young 'un leaving because we signed over them. Hopefully that's not the case now.

He never ended up signing? Did someone get their nose put out joint because they were interested? Moale was apparently a target before that. I still think we’re missing a big middle forward