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: 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

 

[sydneywarrior92]

 

[Damo]

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Fairly certain this is made up, we have no need for him and it would not be a personality fit.

 

[The Warrior Waka]

Fairly certain this is made up, we have no need for him and it would not be a personality fit.

Correct. But, just imagine him and Demetric coming off the bench and taking the first 2 hitups!! Ooooweee!! Lol.

 

[CWC]

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Roosters set to part ways with forward, preferred destination revealed

He is unlikely to be offered a new deal.

www.zerotackle.com

It's making the rounds on yahoo as well. Probably not a fit for us unless we let Marata go now. I did mention we're a little light on prop production line though playing Laban and EIT as hybrids behind TSS/Barney/Demi.

Would be hilarious though if at 30min mark we bring on Demi, Barney and Leniu

 

[Noitall]

Correct. But, just imagine him and Demetric coming off the bench and taking the first 2 hitups!! Ooooweee!! Lol.

Webster and he would have been at panthers at the same time so possibly have a good rapport?

 

[Noitall]

SEVEN potential landing spots for Spencer Leniu

Where could the prop find himself beyond 2027?

www.zerotackle.com

Thought they hit the nail on the head for once about how he’d fit for us

 

[CWC]

Webster and he would have been at panthers at the same time so possibly have a good rapport?

Maybe he can be a Barney replacement next year? Demi/Leniu + 1 of Gannon/EIT/Fats

 

[Damo]

SEVEN potential landing spots for Spencer Leniu

Where could the prop find himself beyond 2027?

www.zerotackle.com

Thought they hit the nail on the head for once about how he’d fit for us

Meh. I'd rather us concentrate on TSS, Vaimauga and EITs development, we have some gun but young middles in NSW Cup that are not too far away either.

 

[Noitall]

Maybe he can be a Barney replacement next year? Demi/Leniu + 1 of Gannon/EIT/Fats

Still tackling at 97% despite down on run metres. We seem to have been looking at bigger middles but I think his ability to bend the line could be what we’re after with his intensity

 

[FormerlyJamesW]

Meh. I'd rather us concentrate on TSS, Vaimauga and EITs development, we have some gun but young middles in NSW Cup that are not too far away either.

Fish would be 31 next year. Give it a few years and he'll be looking at retirement.

Spencer, age wise, could fill that veteran role that bridges the age gap between Fish and Demi.

 

[Noitall]

Fish would be 31 next year. Give it a few years and he'll be looking at retirement.

Spencer, age wise, could fill that veteran role that bridges the age gap between Fish and Demi.

Don’t know much about his ethic, is he pretty professional?

 

[FormerlyJamesW]

Don’t know much about his ethic, is he pretty professional?

Sure.....

Spencer Leniu suspended for eight NRL matches for racist slur against Ezra Mam

Sydney Roosters player pleaded guilty to charge after verbal stoush with Brisbane Broncos playmaker in Las Vegas

www.theguardian.com

 

[sydneywarrior92]

Roosters set to part ways with forward, preferred destination revealed

He is unlikely to be offered a new deal.

www.zerotackle.com

It's making the rounds on yahoo as well. Probably not a fit for us unless we let Marata go now. I did mention we're a little light on prop production line though playing Laban and EIT as hybrids behind TSS/Barney/Demi.

Would be hilarious though if at 30min mark we bring on Demi, Barney and Leniu

I'm not in favor of chasing him, pretty sure this is made up. But I do sometimes imagine Spencer, JFH and Demi in our forward rotation. No one would ever dare mess with us again through the middle.

 

[CWC]

Fish would be 31 next year. Give it a few years and he'll be looking at retirement.

Spencer, age wise, could fill that veteran role that bridges the age gap between Fish and Demi.

I think Clark's Fish's successor then Demi, Leniu doesn't scream the leadership type unless the whole team wanna take cultural in-services every 2 weeks

 

[Damo]

Fish would be 31 next year. Give it a few years and he'll be looking at retirement.

Spencer, age wise, could fill that veteran role that bridges the age gap between Fish and Demi.

Demi will hopefully have near on 100 games played by then.. I really don't see the benefit in Spencer.

 

[RTS’s Calves]

Would take Spencer in a heartbeat, with out forward pack all playing big mins he would fit our rotation and the new speed of the game perfectly. Genuinely the best impact forward in the league when he’s switched on. Also only 25

 

[FormerlyJamesW]

Leniu doesn't scream the leadership type

Yeah, because this guy just reeked of leadership skills, eh?

Mitch Barnett banned for six matches

Knights forward Mitch Barnett is out until round 10 after he was found guilty at the judiciary and handed a six-game ban

www.nrl.com

Honestly, I see everyones apprehension.

I'm not really advocating for getting him, per se. Just throwing some shit out there and seeing what sticks, I guess.

 

[CWC]

Yeah, because this guy just reeked of leadership skills, eh?

Mitch Barnett banned for six matches

Knights forward Mitch Barnett is out until round 10 after he was found guilty at the judiciary and handed a six-game ban

www.nrl.com

Honestly, I see everyones apprehension.

I'm not really advocating for getting him, per se. Just throwing some shit out there and seeing what sticks, I guess.

So we are collecting pricks like AKP, Barney and Leniu and turning them into loving tough love family men?

Can Webby turn Lodge and Kane Evans into elite props?