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

 

[JustLikeStartingOver]

Queensland Cup prop Page-Wilson joins Warriors

Australian forward Cooper Page-Wilson joins One New Zealand Warriors on two-year contract.

www.warriors.kiwi

mmm, club took one look at that very junior set of NSW cup middles and were like "nope!"

 

[Teets]

mmm, club took one look at that very junior set of NSW cup middles and were like "nope!"

Very quick and smart reaction.

 

[CWC]

I don’t know about signing a 29 year old winger lol but he’s home bound and Webby will upgrade his game so maybe he’s a bridge the gap signing until Mellars, Pasikala, Norris get up to speed if we lose Roger and Dallin, we’d be desperate if Roger leaves so we could do worse

Barney negotiations heating up will be interesting our priority is still FB, do they have another Boy Wonder stuck in Fleg or Cup?

 

[Mudders]

Didnt know we had picked up Cassius Tia

 

[Tokyo Warrior]

mmm, club took one look at that very junior set of NSW cup middles and were like "nope!"

The hyphenated name lends reassurance

 

[Noitall]

The hyphenated name lends reassurance

My first thought too, CPW. 195cm leaning towards that taller middle forward we’ve been after

 

[Tokyo Warrior]

My first thought too, CPW. 195cm leaning towards that taller middle forward we’ve been after

This Cassius Tia character, on the other hand. He needs to be encouraging his parents to get divorced forthwith!

 

[3rdstriker]

Didnt know we had picked up Cassius Tia

Are his family from a line of masculine deer hunters?

 

[The Warrior Waka]

Is he from the Dogs? Quite a good half as well?

Didnt know we had picked up Cassius Tia

 

[Muddogz]

Warbrick will be 29 next year which is ancient for a winger. There’s not too many wingers that age floating round in the NRL. As @Mr. Brownstone pointed out he’s got a few issues with concussion which means there’s a bit of risk there.

As for most players it comes down to the price for me. If we were signing him for multiple years I wouldn’t hope it was pretty cheap given the lifespan of wingers in the NRL and the fact he only plays wing.

 

[Mudders]

Is he from the Dogs? Quite a good half as well?

Yes, haven’t kept up with his career but he was a very highly touted junior

 

[JaggedJ]

Warbrick will be 29 next year which is ancient for a winger. There’s not too many wingers that age floating round in the NRL. As @Mr. Brownstone pointed out he’s got a few issues with concussion which means there’s a bit of risk there.

As for most players it comes down to the price for me. If we were signing him for multiple years I wouldn’t hope it was pretty cheap given the lifespan of wingers in the NRL and the fact he only plays wing.

Young for a Warriors winger though

 

[sydneywarrior92]

Riccio talking about the Warbrick signing here. It seems to be done except for the cooling period and for 2 years only. Seems like the club was unhappy with it being leaked because they wanted to explain to DWZ and RTS why the signing was made. Suggests that one or both will be moved on by the club.


View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eVeJqvRHmi4

 

[Five&Last]

Cassius Tia signing has flown under the radar.

That's a great pick up.

Wonder where he'll lineup in NSW cup? Maybe at centre given they just dropped Sio Kali. Maybe fullback with no real plan there.

 

[Billyspleen75]

Riccio talking about the Warbrick signing here. It seems to be done except for the cooling period and for 2 years only. Seems like the club was unhappy with it being leaked because they wanted to explain to DWZ and RTS why the signing was made. Suggests that one or both will be moved on by the club.


View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eVeJqvRHmi4

Interesting that Riccio is also saying Dallins 2027 contract is a club option.

 

[CWC]

Too bad Will doesn’t have a hyphenated name, Will Warbrick-Ellison= WWE!

 

[WAH MAN]

Queensland Cup prop Page-Wilson joins Warriors

Australian forward Cooper Page-Wilson joins One New Zealand Warriors on two-year contract.

www.warriors.kiwi

Oh well. Release Barney now then

 

[roguei]

Riccio talking about the Warbrick signing here. It seems to be done except for the cooling period and for 2 years only. Seems like the club was unhappy with it being leaked because they wanted to explain to DWZ and RTS why the signing was made. Suggests that one or both will be moved on by the club.


View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eVeJqvRHmi4

If true that is pretty awful isn't it? So the signing could cost us some team cohesion on our already weakest side if DWZ suddenly feels back stabbed. As well as costing us extending RTS if handled poorly. Not normally the warriors who leak things, plus it only hurting our internal team trust. Yeah this feels more like a legit storm leak now... I guess thats the cost of doing a deal with snakes.

 

[sydneywarrior92]

If true that is pretty awful isn't it? So the signing could cost us some team cohesion on our already weakest side if DWZ suddenly feels back stabbed. As well as costing us extending RTS if handled poorly. Not normally the warriors who leak things, plus it only hurting our internal team trust. Yeah this feels more like a legit storm signing now... I guess thats the cost of doing a deal with snakes.

Clearly DWZ didn't feel backstabbed by the AKP signing over the off-season. By all accounts, he welcomed the signing as a chance to improve himself in face of the new competition and pushed himself a lot over the off-season. Why should this signing be any different? Webby has built trust over a number of years now with all the players on the roster. I doubt this will impact team cohesion in the slightest. If anything, it probably will have the opposite effect of pushing DWZ to be even better to maintain favor if he intends to take up his option next year. Look at the way Pomps for example fought for his jersey when RTS first announced his comeback in 2023.

 

[roguei]

Clearly DWZ didn't feel backstabbed by the AKP signing over the off-season. By all accounts, he welcomed the signing as a chance to improve himself in face of the new competition and pushed himself a lot over the off-season. Why should this signing be any different? Webby has built trust over a number of years now with all the players on the roster. I doubt this will impact team cohesion in the slightest. If anything, it probably will have the opposite effect of pushing DWZ to be even better to maintain favor if he intends to take up his option next year. Look at the way Pomps for example fought for his jersey when RTS first announced his comeback in 2023.

I'd assume (all fun speculation based off of a reporters hunch on why nothing is comfirmed yet) in this case the difference is how it was communicated with them. Where as for other signings, those have been communicated with the playing group before hand. Where those players feel like they have the full picture. Now this happens during the negitation periods for both DWZ and RTS. Assuming this same reporter is right about DWZ being on a club option for next year. And then them hearing via instagram or some other social media first, that a top 10 winger has been signed on "a big pay packet" would i assume change things for both parties.

Hence why i think it is different to AKP or other signings. Purely because of the suprise while they are both deciding on staying for another year aspect not really the signing itself if you get what i mean. I think they'd understand the business and competition aspect of getting warbrick. Seems like if the club is unhappy that it was leaked because they wanted to talk to DWZ and RTS about it first. Then DWZ and RTS would have the possibility of being disgruntled.