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

 

[Billyspleen75]

There were those Davvy Moale rumours at the end of last year. So it seems there is a desire for a 80-120 game, 23-25 year old to bridge that experience gap.
If we are going to be losing Capewell on top of Niukore and Barnett, then I can see the appeal.
When I saw the rumour this morning it thought hell no. But after considering that Fish and Webby will both know him quite well, and they think he is a good addition, then I don't mind it.

 

[WAH MAN]

Somehow I reckon whether we bid for Spence or not our recruitment team will get it bang on

 

[Billyspleen75]

Somehow I reckon whether we bid for Spence or not our recruitment team will get it bang on

This is the mindset I really want everyone to have once the CHT/Boyd decisions are announced

 

[mrblonde]

This is the mindset I really want everyone to have once the CHT/Boyd decisions are announced

Yep, those decisions are going to very interesting.
Side effect of having good depth: When a senior/NRL player is released/asks to be released you don't go "Thank EFF!" (See M Lodge, K Evans), you go "Ah, damn, he was/coulda been really good, but I guess if you don't get the oppurtunities..."

 

[sydneywarrior92]

I don't really trust Aussie media pundits who say "my mail is...." especially when it comes to us.


View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lmWqtS398HQ

 

[Makasene]

It's big mail but it's not wishy washy. If true, something would materialise quite soon.

He's said he wants to be 7 and we're signing someone else. With our depth too we can afford to let him go.

 

[snake77]

I don't really trust Aussie media pundits who say "my mail is...." especially when it comes to us.

I saw that come up on my feed. I was about to watch it.

Went to a few news sites and came on here to see if there was any discussion first.

 

[Warriorsfan92]

Halves are overloaded.

Based on what we have got - I think TMM and Hansen (Had an an option for 2026 I recall) are gone. CHT could be gone if the money on offer is too good.

Jett, Thompson and Linnane will have NSW cup locked down but I suspect first injury that Inch and possibly Tyson Hansen will get call-ups.

Cassius Tia is my ace card if he is fit and firing. Should be playing NRL that guy but it hasn't panned out and now he has disappeared off the scene here. If not an injury then not good signs. Also with our overload of halves I think he would be better suited now to playing centre/Lock.

Injured apparently.