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

 

[Beastmode]

This could also be a GREAT thing.

An ALPHA leader (His identity)in Metcalf stepping up. He wants it. He has dreamed into it, sacrificed for it, moved here, his family - he is CLUTCH. That is his identity and this is about winning a premiership here and now (which looks possible in 2025). That is a great thing right!

Maybe Boyd has to wear 6 on his jersey... but still run the ship as a traditional HB. It may or may not impact CHT... I don't know.

MAYBE...
...the solution is Metcalf to #1 - Sink or Swim. FB is a superstar position/Superstar money... Walsh, Tedesco, Edwards, Papenhauyzen, Hammer, Ponga etc Our spine would be ELITE!!

I Trust Webster and his team to get it right.

This is what incredible teams go through. Winning changes a lot of things.

dont think his fragile body could handle the hit ups as a full back

he'd get smashed

with AKP and Taine we now have that elusive speed missing

Metcalf is expendable

 

[Beastmode]

This team needs a prime Boyd style 7 over a prime Metcalf makeshift style of 7. Have never thought LM looked natural as a 7, and wasn’t blown away by our play last season with LM steering the ship. This season on the other hand, it looks different and has that something about it.

If LM is indeed questioning plans and making demands he needs to be reminded he’s 27, has not even played 50nrl games and hasn’t played more than 15 in a season yet. He can go and I don’t think it would hurt us. Re-sign CHT, Boyd and TMM then trust in Jett and Inch.

On Spencer, I’d have him for sure, if it’s true we want him I’d hazard a guess webby and JFH would be good judges of character. But I wouldn’t want him for the 800k he’s on at the chooks

Is Tannah even at his prime?

Hes only 25,

Luke @ 27 has hardly played any NRL.

Its not even a debate anymore.

Spencer has to be a no. Webby can ask Unc Cleary if he has any doubts

 

[Lance155]

This is what I was worried about with the whole Metcalf Boyd thing. This is too big of a call to make until at least the end of this year.

If we lose Metcalf to keep Boyd its a poor decision in my opinion

 

[Beastmode]

I'd love to see Luke get back to 2025 form, but even then it's always going to be in the back of our minds now...... 'how long does this last'......

As a kid i loved skateboarding. Had the best skateboard in the world until one day i did a flip and it cracked right now the middle. My mates dad was a builder and he helped "glue" the crack telling me the skateboard was as good as new. I believed him even though the feel and stability of the board never felt the same. Six months later it snapped in half....

L:uke Metcalf is the skateboard and prime 2025 Luke isnt coming back....

 

[The Warrior Waka]

This is what I was worried about with the whole Metcalf Boyd thing. This is too big of a call to make until at least the end of this year.

If we lose Metcalf to keep Boyd its a poor decision in my opinion

Mets did his acl in 2019. Then a Tibia fracture on his right leg. An acl rupture on his right knee. And has recurring hamstring issues now. His main weapon is speed. The ongoing hamstring issues will surely take that away from him. 27 years old.

I'm not sure if it would be a poor decision by the club. Or a wise one. He won't kick goals anymore. And he'll never have that top end speed again. For fear of his hamstrings going.

 

[Lance155]

Mets did his acl in 2019. Then a Tibia fracture on his right leg. An acl rupture on his right knee. And has recurring hamstring issues now. His main weapon is speed. The ongoing hamstring issues will surely take that away from him. 27 years old.

I'm not sure if it would be a poor decision by the club. Or a wise one. He won't kick goals anymore. And he'll never have that top end speed again. For fear of his hamstrings going.

The other injuries are pure bad luck. The Hamstrings is fair conversation

 

[The Warrior Waka]

The other injuries are pure bad luck. The Hamstrings is fair conversation

I'm not saying any of it is his fault bro lol. He's just been very unlucky. And as a business, Wahs management have to make some hard decisions and do what's right for the club.

Continue with the steady influence of Boyd. Or take the risk of a undeniably talented, But injury prone Metcalf.

My preference is to make Chanel the priority signing. And whoever falls into place after this out of the two is fine with me.

 

[Lance155]

I'm not saying any of it is his fault bro lol. He's just been very unlucky. And as a business, Wahs management have to make some hard decisions and do what's right for the club.

Continue with the steady influence of Boyd. Or take the risk of a undeniably talented, But injury prone Metcalf.

My preference is to make Chanel the priority signing. And whoever falls into place after this out of the two is fine with me.

My point was those freak injuries doesn't make you 'injury prone'. Dodgey hammys and calf's do

 

[The Warrior Waka]

My point was those freak injuries doesn't make you 'injury prone'. Dodgey hammys and calf's do

Shit, My bad bro! One eye open reading the forums guy.