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

 

[Billyspleen75]

Definitely don't want Riki taking an edge spot over Leka, Laban or Fatialofa.

But I'd back Webby to be able to turn Riki into a quality middle forward like he has with Barney and Ford.

Riki is the same height and weight as Joe Tapine, Pat Carrigan and Toby Rudolf. So it's not unrealistic.

Hopefully Arthars/Te Kura was just their opening offer and we can negotiate someone better

 

[ajofbrisbane]

There’s a rumour that Barnett will go broncos this year and exchange we’ll get Arthers and Te-Kura.
Something looked off with Barnett in the team song, could be something.

Don’t know how I feel about te-Kura, but Arthers would be a good get, straight into right centre.
Or if Ali and Berry come good, he’s a good winger.

I mean if you’re child’s health is priority why wouldn’t you just leave asap??

I watched Wynnum vs Souths at Kougari on Saturday and it is a no from me on either player.
Arthurs looked like he didn't want to be there & lack of input Whilst Te Kura was gassed after 5 minutes when he came off the bench.

 

[snake77]

This article doesn't say much that we don't know already. In that the Broncos are keen on Barnett.

The main important part. Talks are going to heat up on Monday and it

It’s unknown whether the Broncos have a player in mind they’d consider sending to the Warriors in order to sign the 32-year-old, but Code Sports are reporting that talks between the Broncos and the Origin star are set to heat up on Monday.

The contract on the table as it stands is a two-year deal worth $750,000 a season.

Madge’s $1.5m powerplay for Warriors gun comes as Broncos star makes shock PNG admission

Madge’s $1.5m powerplay for Warriors gun comes as Broncos star makes shock PNG admission

www.foxsports.com.au

A two year deal you would expect to be for 2027, 2028. With Haas leaving, Reynolds retiring it would be a lot easier to fit him in their salary cap.

For an early release they'd need to release a player or two. They have some big names under contract, Origin and International players. The old sign for less to live in Brisbane isn't as strong as it was in the 90s or early 2000's. Even if some of them are on less than they could get elsewhere it is a lot of big contracts they have on their books. Pretty sure it has been reported their cap is tight.

If he is there for talks today. Or still in Australia (report last week was Mcguire flew to Sydney to meet with him). Then it is unlikely he will be named this week.



From a Warriors point of view. Sure, they have said they want something in return. It might be better to have him sort out his future and have him back in Auckland training. The sooner this is sorted the better. The speculation is over and we can concentrate on our season.

 

[FormerlyJamesW]

Hopefully Arthars/Te Kura was just their opening offer and we can negotiate someone better

I haven't watched Te Kura all that much, but Arthars seems like he's got a pretty good ceiling on him, no?

 

[Ever Hopeful]

I haven't watched Te Kura all that much, but Arthars seems like he's got a pretty good ceiling on him, no?

I'd say he plays at his ceiling and is a tidy player. We don't need that, we need x factor. Barnett has x factor, he is one of our marquees. We either get x factor back in a position that is needed, or fill a problem area with a longer term contract of a guy coming into his prime to make a swap (for this year) work.

 

[FormerlyJamesW]

I'd say he plays at his ceiling and is a tidy player. We don't need that, we need x factor. Barnett has x factor, he is one of our marquees. We either get x factor back in a position that is needed, or fill a problem area with a longer term contract of a guy coming into his prime to make a swap (for this year) work.

Yeah, fair.

Although Arthars is a pretty good finisher, so there's that to consider.

Personally I see Barney's replacement going to that right centre position.

 

[BangBro's (still banging)]

Maybe Barnett leaving now could be a good thing, he is coning back from an ACL, what if he was to go down again?

 

[Fizurg]

I think some people are over estimating the leverage the team has with Barnett. The whole like for like player thing doesn't really make sense. Why would a team give up a player to swap it for another one that's just as good.
I think the only realistic situations are players that the other clubs actively want to offload, players that actively wanted to leave, or a promising young player on a cheap contract.

 

[Jaffa J]

Would anyone be open to barney for Izack tago?

Rumour/reports that Tago might be swapped for Lomax

 

[Blain]

Probably a good deal for both. How many centres do the Eels need though?? Kelly, Penisini, Samrani, even Simonsen. Tago seems to have really levelled off recently for some reason, maybe a change will be good for him without the Panthers losing much.

 

[BrisbaneWarrior]

If Barnett leaves in the next 3 weeks, it’s 1/2 way through the NRL year, so for example the Broncos only need to find 1/2 of Barny’s salary for this year,. If Mitch is on $800 and it’s 6 months left for the year, it’s $400k, and most clubs don’t spend the full salary as the minimum is ~96%

 

[WAH MAN]

Yeah i mentioned something similar in the game day thread.
We've been screaming out for quality halves at the Wahs for years and while we have a plethora of young exciging halves coming through, if CHT has another similar year I cant imagine that we would be getting rid of a half thats had 40+ try assists and tries in 2 years, where we finished 5th and hopefully in the 8 this year?

CHT is starting to find his way towards the top of the 'first picked list for me.
To win the comp you need some out and out stars like Metcalf, but you also need a fair few middle men - the ones who don't cost the earth, are consistenr and provide a platform for the bigger stars to shine. CHT and Ford are perfect examples of this kinda guy

And Chitty got two pies and laid on that beautiful no look short pass for Capey.

Then he has turned his ugly kicks into actual weapons. And he played both sides of the field.

But this........and this is big.......




Chitty has ace personalised hand shakes. That Tanah try hand shakes was bad ass.

 

[tajhay]

On the unofficial broncos site too

I feel like people dont understand how instagram or other social media handles work.

btw this is the official brisbane broncos site...

Brisbane Broncos Official (@brisbane_broncs_official) • Instagram photos and videos

131 Followers, 1 Following, 0 Posts - See Instagram photos and videos from Brisbane Broncos Official (@brisbane_broncs_official)

www.instagram.com

Quite shocking that the official broncos handle is following just 1 random and no posts. So must be official....

 

[Garry Saloon]

And Chitty got two pies and laid on that beautiful no look short pass for Capey.

Then he has turned his ugly kicks into actual weapons. And he played both sides of the field.

But this........and this is big.......




Chitty has ace personalised hand shakes. That Tanah try hand shakes was bad ass.

You joke, but the guy is no shit just cool and smart. I want him round.

 

[WAH MAN]

I feel like people judge Arthars on how he plays at the broncos where has dynamic players around him. They forget how he played when he did play for the Warriors when he was here. He does not move the needle much at all. I would rather develop Berry/Ali, players who are already here and are probably be cheaper too. They both just need to work on getting fit and in Ali's case learning how to tackle.

If we are going to develop Ali and Berry so be it. But get them right based on their frailties which appears to be durability and endurance. Adam Pompey is the epitome of both of those areas without having high ceiling x factors and he's also weathered the forum storms since his early jersey grab against Brisbane many moons ago.

So Rocco needs bone density increase. Ali needs invincible ankles and off the mark acceleration.

On Arthars......... We'll be right with who we've got. Better to monitor Herbie's contract if we want a Rolls Royce centre. He could get a compassionate grounds release to come to NZ where he can talk proper English with Gannon.

 

[WAH MAN]

I feel like people dont understand how instagram or other social media handles work.

Oh they know alright.

They just don't care if it's legitimate or not. Lack of regulation and people not needing an internet licence or grammar licence or spelling licence means you're in for a bumpy ride through the mire of internet posts.

 

[Matiunz]

Lomax off the table, he’s gone to Western Force

 

[BabylonPink]

Tell the broncos to swap us Walsh back. Fuck them.

 

[WAH MAN]

You joke, but the guy is no shit just cool and smart. I want him round.

I do too. Scores tries. On both sides of the field. Is experienced on the field and away from the grind of Rugby league as a job. So he's mentally balanced and more mature when footy was mostly what he was about. He also came back after the highs of season 23 and experienced a struggle of a return. Now he's on a roll and scoring tries, setting up tries, tackling with venom and doing ace hand shakes. And the handshake is not trivial but shows a connection between the participants. He genuinely celebrated Tanah succeeding.

He's good for our team and I disagree that we need to drop him or not resign him.

 

[Playdaball]

Staggs would Be good for the Warriors .

His partner’s Dad is Richard Becht .

Name the last time we had a real strike centre ????