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​
Luke Hanson	S​
Motu Pasikala	S​	U​
Caelys-Paul Putoko	S​
Jason Salalilo	S​	U​	U​
Makaia Taufa	S​	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: 6/6

2027 Top 30: 23/30
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, 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

 

[Dannevegas]

What a deal. Origin/international player for a Reggie’s player.
Hopefully we at least tried to get Mariner or Karapani.

 

[tajhay]

Small sample size based on how many games he’s played but Broncos fans are gutted Anderson is leaving.

at 400k a season...

for the record, the small sample size is, 2 games, 5 tackles made, 4 tackles missed, 51 avg metres per game.

That 400k per season is far more than i thought he warranted....i mean hell be 27 later this year, and has really had 2 real seasons in the nrl so far. But then again he would have been crazy to not agree to this deal.

In hindsight i wish we didnt ask for anyone in return lol

 

[KPWarrior]

Decent enough signing I guess but should have just cut our losses when Antonio Verhoeven fell through.

 

[Matiunz]

Remember Richard Fale on the forum? In a time he was looking to buy the club? Lol what a rabble.

The conference call with Bruce grilling him was fun lol

 

[Cces]

for the record, the small sample size is, 2 games, 5 tackles made, 4 tackles missed, 51 avg metres per game.

203m in 103 minutes is the info on the NRL website so 101.5m pg unless you include games where he was a Reserve

 

[sup42]

Grant Anderson has agreed to join the warriors from 2027 via the courier mail.

Reports suggest he has signed a 3 year 1.2million dollar contract.

Wow great news, super cheap.

Well done Cappy if true.

 

[Worriers]

at 400k a season...

for the record, the small sample size is, 2 games, 5 tackles made, 4 tackles missed, 51 avg metres per game.

That 400k per season is far more than i thought he warranted....i mean hell be 27 later this year, and has really had 2 real seasons in the nrl so far. But then again he would have been crazy to not agree to this deal.

In hindsight i wish we didnt ask for anyone in return lol

If used only in cup then yes 400k is a huge number for a back up. I don’t think they’ll be looking at him as a back up though. Probably means the end of berrys contract more then likely and is also wing back up. No major injury history either…could have done a lot worse

 

[Wahs_Ultras]

at 400k a season...

for the record, the small sample size is, 2 games, 5 tackles made, 4 tackles missed, 51 avg metres per game.

That 400k per season is far more than i thought he warranted....i mean hell be 27 later this year, and has really had 2 real seasons in the nrl so far. But then again he would have been crazy to not agree to this deal.

In hindsight i wish we didnt ask for anyone in return lol

Don’t come at me, that’s straight from the broncos forum

Good sign is that he’s showed consistent development over the years and is coming from 2 solid systems. Excited to see how he develops under Webby.

 

[BabylonPink]

The conference call with Bruce grilling him was fun lol

Anyone got a copy of that... for like... archive reasons....

 

[Billyspleen75]

Outside back Grant Anderson has agreed terms to join the One New Zealand Warriors on a three-year deal from next season.

The 26-year-old has been secured by the Warriors following negotiations with the Broncos to grant co-captain Mitchell Barnett an early release to join Brisbane next year.

“We’re excited to have Grant on board from next year,” said One New Zealand Warriors general manager recruitment, pathways and development Andrew McFadden.

“He has come out of a great system at Melbourne and now the Broncos and he’ll add real experience to our squad.”

Making his NRL debut in 2022, Anderson amassed 50 appearances and scored 23 tries for the Storm in four seasons before joining the Broncos this year.

“Grant is an accomplished outside back who has plenty to offer,” said One New Zealand Warriors head coach Andrew Webster.

“He gives us depth among our outside backs and will certainly add to competition in the squad.

“We’ll also benefit from the professional attitude he’ll bring after four seasons with the Storm and now being part of the Broncos this year.”

A Newcastle Knights junior, Anderson also has a total 52 Queensland Cup appearances for the Northern Pride, Sunshine Coast Falcons and Wynnum Manly Seagulls.

 

[CWC]

Well I love the deal cuz more importantly this sets a precedent for future compassionate releases and we get to bolster our weak spots. Some kept saying it’s wishful thinking and fake tough talk.

I don’t know what Berry is on I found a figure of $250K but who knows and we basically get a replica with more experience and doesn’t pop a shoulder by falling, hopefully the knee recovers from that nasty incident tho

He’s got good speed so you won’t see Pompey or TT on the wing for emergency anymore

Edit: Dallin and RTS leaving is freeing up a lot of cash too so wonder what they’re cooking, I’d be contend with the current halves re-signed

 

[Noitall]

Wow great news, super cheap.

Well done Cappy if true.

Looking at the positions he plays and each side of the field, I think he’s been signed to play left centre for Pompey

 

[Five&Last]

I guess the days of us having to overpay for quality Australian's arent over yet.

I dont mind it, the fact that he's (semi) proven himself in a system that's not Melbourne gives me a bit more confidence in him. He was about to cement that starting position before the injury.

You're paying for the upside as well i guess, he's entering his prime years. So he might not be worth 400k now (he definitely isn't) but the way he was tracking this year pre-injury, he had the makings of a quality starter and should be well worth that a couple years in, especially under Webby.

Fixes one more piece to the puzzle that is our underperforming backline.

 

[Ever Hopeful]

I was quite impressed with Anderson in a small handful of Storm games I watched. That is a very phallic tattoo on his arm!

Surely there is a big play coming. Yes, we'll need to spend to lock up our up and coming talent on longer term deals, but there must be a decent kitty for only a very, very small amount of spots.

We get money back in the deals from each of DWZ, Niukore, RTS and Barnett vs their equivalents.

 

[Billyspleen75]

I was quite impressed with Anderson in a small handful of Storm games I watched. That is a very phallic tattoo on his arm!

Reminds me of the dick drawings in Superbad

 

[Completion Rate]

Go all in Marquee offer on Herbie next. Give him the fullback position and let him loose.

 

[tajhay]

203m in 103 minutes is the info on the NRL website so 101.5m pg unless you include games where he was a Reserve

Grant Anderson

The NRL profile of Grant Anderson including career statistics, season stats, games, tries, goals, tackles and fantasy scores.

www.broncos.com.au

(Same as nrl) looks like their stats is broken, the career by season/career overall for avg metres for broncos is not aligned.

 

[CWC]

The way we are releasing players are we accumulating cap for 27 or 28?

 

[~Navigator~]

With Anderson joining us it would Be interesting what the storm forum was saying about him leaving for the Broncos.
Was it like damn we lost one here or thank God he is gone.

I found this as the storms release to Broncos.

Storm player #222, Anderson made his NRL debut in Round 14 2022, crossing for two tries in a memorable performance as Craig Bellamy’s team defeated the Sydney Roosters at the SCG.

The Newcastle-born centre has since impressed throughout his time in purple, crossing for 22 tries from 36 games, including ten tries from his 12 appearances this season.

Storm General Manager of Football Frank Ponissi thanked Anderson for his service and commitment to the Club.

“Grant has been an outstanding representative of Melbourne Storm over the past few seasons,” Ponissi said.

“He’s a great example of a player who has made the most of every opportunity, working his way through our feeder system with the Sunshine Coast Falcons, before earning his place in the NRL side

 

[Wahs_Ultras]

2027 backline:
1- TT
2- Warbrick
3- Ali
4- Anderson
5- AKP

Finally got some much needed pace that we’ve all been calling out for.