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

 

[Playdaball]

If I was EIT or Kayliss and saw the ‘traffic’ ahead of me I’d consider a move to another club … just saying .
Are they too good to being playing NSW cup every week?

 

[Naynay]

If I was EIT or Kayliss and saw the ‘traffic’ ahead of me I’d consider a move to another club … just saying .
Are they too good to being playing NSW cup every week?

I honestly think the best thing the club could do is send these guys out on good will (like honestly almost chip in a little bit on the salary for the remainder of their current contracts) if they kill it hopefully the good will beings back solid first graders in 3-4 years and if not they get to live their nrl dreams and travel alittle.

 

[roguei]

Eddie should be 13 he has incredible hands and work rate, Clark can move to propping over time. Demi said he likes it simple. I don’t know what Gannon is doing here lol.

I think gannon could still be the goods (Why was he made captian of the NSW game over doyle?). But thats if he can learn to tackle correct. Poor guy can't stay on the field with these head knocks in both his debut and NSW grade games.

 

[Brightman]

If I was EIT or Kayliss and saw the ‘traffic’ ahead of me I’d consider a move to another club … just saying .
Are they too good to being playing NSW cup every week?

Nah, Kayliss is a shoe in for RTS at left centre and EIT will fill a spot in the 17 when Barney leaves after we win the grand final this season..

 

[BangBro's (still banging)]

I think gannon could still be the goods (Why was he made captian of the NSW game over doyle?). But thats if he can learn to tackle correct. Poor guy can't stay on the field with these head knocks in both his debut and NSW grade games.

Hopefully it's because they are about to drop Doyle. I get you have to have these types of players but surely there is somebody better!

 

[Beastmode]

If I was EIT or Kayliss and saw the ‘traffic’ ahead of me I’d consider a move to another club … just saying .
Are they too good to being playing NSW cup every week?

I’d remind the grasshoppers to look at the Boyd story. He had Metcalf and TMM in front of him, 12 months later he’s our clear #7. Things change so unpredictably in this sport. Sure, if Unc Cleary is willing to take on a few under studies all of it, otherwise learn grow and develop your craft under the Webby system.

Patience is the key

 

[Beastmode]

I think gannon could still be the goods (Why was he made captian of the NSW game over doyle?). But thats if he can learn to tackle correct. Poor guy can't stay on the field with these head knocks in both his debut and NSW grade games.

Already knocked himself out in Cup????

Does he not know where to put his head in a tackle?

 

[CWC]

EIT was in the same situation last year and started getting regular game time in the last 1/3 of the season, so will probably be the same this year and might end up playing finals, and we literally have possibly 3 forwards leaving after this year so the bench will probably be Healey/Demi/TSS/EIT/Gannon/back cover, Fats might struggle though if Neal comes up next year, how old is he? Laban to prop might free up the logjam. That's why I'm like why is Gannon here and playing 2nd row Where's my Dylan Walker replacement?

 

[FormerlyJamesW]

Where's my Dylan Walker replacement?

 

[roguei]

Already knocked himself out in Cup????

Does he not know where to put his head in a tackle?

Sadly it was head clash with another guy in the tackle, where Salalilo just swang around head first and smashed into gannon. So just really unlucky.

 

[WAH MAN]

Sadly it was head clash with another guy in the tackle, where Salalilo just swang around head first and smashed into gannon. So just really unlucky.

Would a move to the backline decrease his head knock propensity? Or a motorbike helmet?

 

[BabylonPink]

Would a move to the backline decrease his head knock propensity? Or a motorbike helmet?

Get him a JurboDome

 

[juju]

Sadly it was head clash with another guy in the tackle, where Salalilo just swang around head first and smashed into gannon. So just really unlucky.

He looked pretty sad after the game before the FG game. Poor guy.

 

[Cces]

Nah, Kayliss is a shoe in for RTS at left centre

Why haven't the club given him any game time there in the last 2 years?