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	✔​	✔​	✔​
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	✔​	✔​
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: 20/30
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

 

[Wrighty]

defensive stats (as long as the defence is up to nrl standard).

It's not up to NRL standard. He is a jersey grabber at the moment and getting brushed aside and giving up line breaks every game that Fish would never ever give up. But he is new. It is ok for him to be on a learning curve so I am prepared to be patient with him and he should be getting better with every extra pre-season training. I am sure Webster does intensive coaching on defence during pre-season. So they will regard TSS as a player with potential at the moment rather than the finished product. He turns 22 in March next year. Still young for a prop.

 

[Noitall]

It's not up to NRL standard. He is a jersey grabber at the moment and getting brushed aside and giving up line breaks every game that Fish would never ever give up. But he is new. It is ok for him to be on a learning curve so I am prepared to be patient with him and he should be getting better with every extra pre-season training. I am sure Webster does intensive coaching on defence during pre-season. So they will regard TSS as a player with potential at the moment rather than the finished product. He turns 22 in March next year. Still young for a prop.

Yet he’s signed until 2028 and Toby Crosby is gone. We’ll see who has the better eye for talent, you or the Warriors staff

 

[Playdaball]

TSS needs minimum 1 season to develop properly in NSW Cup

 

[Neo]

It's not up to NRL standard. He is a jersey grabber at the moment and getting brushed aside and giving up line breaks every game that Fish would never ever give up. But he is new. It is ok for him to be on a learning curve so I am prepared to be patient with him and he should be getting better with every extra pre-season training. I am sure Webster does intensive coaching on defence during pre-season. So they will regard TSS as a player with potential at the moment rather than the finished product. He turns 22 in March next year. Still young for a prop.

I think there is a bit of hyperbole in there Wrighty. Yeah he had a bad miss for a Tino try but was generally very tidy around the ruck. Whilst a player like Bunty had good tackle stats, he was constantly targeted around the ruck and struggled to cover the space, resulting in a staggered line.
I don’t think he would have played a finals game if he was a big defensive liability

 

[Muddogz]

I see a lot of Sam Rapira about TSS in the way he plays (and the bald dome). Slightly undersized, good quick play the ball and seems to be an intelligent player. Couple of defensive lapses but it’s a big step up from playing in a dominant team in NSW Cup

He will have learnt a fair bit from last season and should get an opportunity to build on it this season.

 

[Dannevegas]

Hopefully Brandon Norris gets a crack next year. Or elevated to top 30 at least. Those saying he’s too young, look at Jackson Purdue, Norris could be on par or even better.
Cutting a couple of old, slow backs and Adding Norris and Kali would be a good roster move.