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

 

[Ryno 2.0]

Maybe he is. We don't know all the ins and outs of it yet, maybe that's what his management were rumoured to be not happy about, not the fact that he wasn't 'thrown staight back in' at 6 or 7, but that he spent the whole game on the bench with a bye coming up?

Reading the tea leaves, I think Metcalf thinks he should be starting number 7 and everyone should move around him. You would only do this for an elite established half like Cleary, or Reynolds.

 

[Emerald]

Has anyone tried Mrs Metcalf's brownies yet..

Is there some subtle innuendo there? *scratches head and shakes it all at the same time*

 

[sup42]

Maybe he is. We don't know all the ins and outs of it yet, maybe that's what his management were rumoured to be not happy about, not the fact that he wasn't 'thrown staight back in' at 6 or 7, but that he spent the whole game on the bench with a bye coming up?

To which I would ask "Who the hell is coaching this team?"

Andrew Webster?

Or Luke Metcalf's agent?

 

[sup42]

Imagine if Andrew Webster had to explain himself to every players management in terms of their future every time they were not selected.

The Warriors would collapse within weeks.

 

[FormerlyJamesW]

Granted he was probably put back in without enough preparation with the rest of the team.

CHT literally finds the biggest opposition players and cannonballs himself into them. If that doesnt scream loyalty to the boys, I don't know what does.

All luck to him, but I'm not sure Metcalf has the durability to pull that off.

 

[Brightman]

Quite honestly if this stuff is true, the Warriors would be best telling Metcalf and his manager to piss off.

Let Robinson show em whose the ALPHA!!

 

[Brightman]

Is there some subtle innuendo there? *scratches head and shakes it all at the same time*

Nah, is just a joke. Stop playing with your dick..

 

[Hamish]

It’s pretty obvious Boyd and cht have to start. But you have to feel a bit for metcalf, couldn’t break into the shark team, gets to the wahs finally makes it and looks the goods and gets injured. All round the team gets better and he can’t get back in cos of Boyd. He’s 27 and can’t complete a full season. I can understand why this has come round. But unfortunately for him the football gods have never been on his side. I’d move to png and at least try to make some coin plus game time if he can stay on the park

 

[KPWarrior]

To which I would ask "Who the hell is coaching this team?"

Andrew Webster?

Or Luke Metcalf's agent?

Exactly! That would all tie in with how the whole thing ended up in the public domain in the first place, I don't find the "asking for clarity" to be unreasonable and probably happens more often than we know about. The fact that it's out there leads to all this speculation, and people taking sides off of nothing.

Far be it for me to be questioning Webby, but there are a couple of things that don't make sense to me either.

 

[CWC]

Imagine if Andrew Webster had to explain himself to every players management in terms of their future every time they were not selected.

The Warriors would collapse within weeks.

Metcalf’s agent summons Webster to explain his team selection and next year’s plan

 

[FormerlyJamesW]

How interesting that the current 7 just started his contract talks with the club, a few days ago....

 

[Brightman]

It’s pretty obvious Boyd and cht have to start. But you have to feel a bit for metcalf, couldn’t break into the shark team, gets to the wahs finally makes it and looks the goods and gets injured. All round the team gets better and he can’t get back in cos of Boyd. He’s 27 and can’t complete a full season. I can understand why this has come round. But unfortunately for him the football gods have never been on his side. I’d move to png and at least try to make some coin plus game time if he can stay on the park

Yeah but why risk taking a roll of the dice when you have a lucrative contract here with a strong club that you already have runs on the board with?
Just be humble and ready to grab an opportunity and make it a winner..

 

[KPWarrior]

Reading the tea leaves, I think Metcalf thinks he should be starting number 7 and everyone should move around him. You would only do this for an elite established half like Cleary, or Reynolds.

I get that too! If that's the case then I think he needs to prove his case in Cup just as Tanah did and trust whatever Webby is telling him. Do we see Luke with that same ethic and determination?

 

[Lance155]

Really? Not done anything wrong?
When Metcalf was put back into first grade immediately after became available again after injury, he didn’t perform very well, did he. Granted he was probably put back in without enough preparation with the rest of the team. But whatever, he didn’t perform very well and more or less everyone here was saying., hey Webby, you’ve messed up, that halves pairing that was playing so well together and winning matches for us, leave it as it was.

100% was underdone that was obvious. I hope like he'll they aren't making calls based on those 2 games

 

[CWC]

How interesting that the current 7 just started his contract talks with the club, a few days ago....

Sequel

 

[FormerlyJamesW]

Sequel to the distracted boyfriend saga

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Time well spent, mate.

Bravo.

 

[Cces]

I think he needs to prove his case in Cup just as Tanah did

They need to give him this opportunity rather than twiddling his thumbs on a 6 man bench, where the chances of him playing are slim

 

[Ryno 2.0]

Sequel

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I have never realized how much the guy looks like Blake Ayshford haha

 

[defensivebomb]

Tanah has done an amazing job to come to a random club, new environment and ply his trade

He had an opportunity to head back across the ditch last year to a more likely first grade chance, but extended here and put his head down. Bravo

Webster has created an environment where a lot of players have reached new heights. A great position to be in

I actually rue the fact that we went all in on Metcalf as it has been a bit destabilising to try to slot him back in. I actually think as a 6 he has a few work ons (lateral movement and distribution). And as a 7 he has a small sample size of good games.

But he isn’t young, he isn’t durable and I can understand he’d prefer to have a long career at 7 than try to batter himself at 6

Hopefully NSW cup he can be given the 7 jersey and time to get himself back in shape

 

[KPWarrior]

They need to give him this opportunity rather than twiddling his thumbs on a 6 man bench, where the chances of him playing are slim

Probably should have happened when he origanally came back from the ACL.

I don't understand Webby's reasoning that we needed him on the bench in case somebody went down? the bloke's been out for 10 months, came back for two losses and did a hammy, we're sitting 2nd on the ladder with a bye in hand, was he really that crucial?