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

 

[Completion Rate]

Banking on a squad expansion?

I think you're on the money here. This might be why we're seeing an increase of small forward roles for guys in the lower grades who can play lock and hooker - the perfect 19th man.
Likewise building positional utility in the new crop of edge players who can slot into center or prop - EIT, Leka, Fats etc.

 

[Playdaball]

Interesting in the Barnett trade discussions that the Broncos were offering Billy Walters - an honest hooker coming off a major injury but we alreday have 2 class hookers in Egan and Healey plus a few rookies under those two ... sory Billy, no room for you here.

 

[MurrayTD]

I was looking at some highlights from the Mal cup, oh my word he can step and move like a Gazelle for a Inglis height guy eh, he is actually a little taller than G.I.

Edit:

Check this shit out people! Anyone can see he just has 'ít'

View: https://youtu.be/B7UcfGXzaOc?si=byb4ilj-3kaEKMRG

He has a bit of SKD about him.

 

[Sammyw]

He has a bit SKD about him.

hopefully not, he had dicks for hands

 

[FormerlyJamesW]

hopefully not, he had dicks for hands

A hit with the ladies, I bet.

To be fair, Arthars would probably bring the Wahines in better anyway.

 

[rugged]

Interesting in the Barnett trade discussions that the Broncos were offering Billy Walters - an honest hooker coming off a major injury but we alreday have 2 class hookers in Egan and Healey plus a few rookies under those two ... sory Billy, no room for you here.

I think Healey is a under a little pressure - he has a great running game but sometimes clocks off.

 

[Playdaball]

I think Healey is an under a little pressure - he has a great running game but sometimes clocks off.

His service is not 100% but he’s still young and can learn.
I wouldn’t get another hooker in - still
Looking for that strike centre !!

 

[WAH MAN]

I was looking at some highlights from the Mal cup, oh my word he can step and move like a Gazelle for a Inglis height guy eh, he is actually a little taller than G.I.

Edit:

Check this shit out people! Anyone can see he just has 'ít'

View: https://youtu.be/B7UcfGXzaOc?si=byb4ilj-3kaEKMRG

View: https://youtu.be/IS5craQ2lIg?si=IQm_4Xy_mhqJqGsC

Some YouTube blokes interviewing him about his upbringing and how long he's been in the sport etc. Good to hear from the bloke himself.

 

[sup42]

View: https://youtu.be/IS5craQ2lIg?si=IQm_4Xy_mhqJqGsC

Some YouTube blokes interviewing him about his upbringing and how long he's been in the sport etc. Good to hear from the bloke himself.

Yeah been stalking the kid since yesterday, nice fullah eh, well raised, sounds like a teenager, love the folded arms lol.

 

[Riz]

View: https://youtu.be/IS5craQ2lIg?si=IQm_4Xy_mhqJqGsC

Some YouTube blokes interviewing him about his upbringing and how long he's been in the sport etc. Good to hear from the bloke himself.

Get Te Maire in his ear, sounds like the bush is his go.

 

[WAH MAN]

Yeah been stalking the kid since yesterday, nice fullah eh, well raised, sounds like a teenager, love the folded arms lol.

I only saw it after I watched the try scoring highlights. He's still quite raw and very much a kid. Played basketball before league so is another aerial option but seems to like the running game. See if we get him first

 

[CWC]

If we get the kid I think we should really be asking them to release him (and Arthurs) now or mid-year and they can have Barney on early release next year, cuz they don't have the cap this year, and they are probably NOT going to develop the kid knowing he's not gonna be in Brisbane in a few months time, just let us have him now and when they have Barney, the kid could be 1st grade ready too, that's fair

 

[WAH MAN]

If we get the kid I think we should really be asking them to release him (and Arthurs) now or mid-year and they can have Barney on early release next year, cuz they don't have the cap this year, and they are probably NOT going to develop the kid knowing he's not gonna be in Brisbane in a few months time, just let us have him now and when they have Barney, the kid could be 1st grade ready too, that's fair

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If we get him. He'll still need a fair amount of development time. He's still a pup and not Leka type destroying grown men while still a kid. But he's tall and has a ceiling that appears to need time.

 

[3rdstriker]

I think Healey is a under a little pressure - he has a great running game but sometimes clocks off.

Last year's Sharks game Healey showed us all where his ceiling is at.
I don't think he's under any pressure at all, if anything it's just a tiny bit of 2nd year syndrome, he'll get his 2nd wind any game now!

 

[Dannevegas]

I think Healey is an under a little pressure - he has a great running game but sometimes clocks off.

No way he’s under any pressure, he’s the perfect foil for Egan and one of the best young hookers atm

 

[CWC]

Looking at the crazy improvement Webby provided to Metcalf, Barney, Ford now Boyd

I think plenty of players especially fringe ones will be keen to come here, you might end up in rep team, Dally M contention instead of stagnating at Cup

 

[MrFrankWhite]

Despite the great play this early in the season, I still think the unsigned players aren’t sticking around.

 

[3rdstriker]

Despite the great play this early in the season, I still think the unsigned players aren’t sticking around.

You'd think Marata be done.

 

[Tokyo Warrior]

It’s the Mole, but:

 

[Sammyw]

It’s the Mole, but:

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It would be very Newcastle to sign an old forward past their best and pay them overs