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

 

[kiwileaguefan]

Where's Charnze? In Auckland?
Gus is in Auckland too according to the rumour mongers on the Kennnel. Probably just a coincidence.

I listen to a podcast last week with Gus, and he was talking about his itinerary for going all over the show for securing junior talent. He said then he was traveling to NZ the following week....pretty sure they have a hub set up here...

 

[Cces]

I listen to a podcast last week with Gus, and he was talking about his itinerary for going all over the show for securing junior talent. He said then he was traveling to NZ the following week....pretty sure they have a hub set up here...

There's definitely an existing link to Canterbury Rugby League

 

[Matiunz]

I see the footage from the meeting leaked…

View: https://www.facebook.com/share/v/1Eievib72k/?mibextid=wwXIfr

 

[Warriorsfan92]

I see the footage from the meeting leaked…

View: https://www.facebook.com/share/v/1Eievib72k/?mibextid=wwXIfr

This is crack up. But it’s also more reason to sort this shit out asap & not let it play out in the media. A decision needs to be made, and we need to live with it, especially with the club going so well at the moment.

 

[Inruin]

Is there a way Mehcalf comes out of this in a good light?

 

[Matiunz]

Is there a way Mehcalf comes out of this in a good light?

Gotta be careful in the sense of it might not have even been driven from Metcalf himself.
Best case scenario for all would probably be the narrative that Metcalf is coming back from a serious injury and wants to get some runs on the board to get back to full health. Great to have competition to bring out the best in all of the halves and all are important and will have a chance to contribute to the team.

 

[WAH MAN]

Is there a way Mehcalf comes out of this in a good light?

Yes. By playing when he's named. Building fitness, resilience and form.

 

[CWC]

Is there any new information or inside information in this? If so…….? Thanks.

Retired All Black Israel Dagg who’s been through similar situation stuck behind other form players, telling Metcalf to “just play” and get on with it

 

[CWC]

Is there a way Mehcalf comes out of this in a good light?

By firing his agent or fronting reporters at training to debunk it, if untrue

If he plays well someday, well, Galvin played well last year too.

That video pretty much summed up the mainstream narrative of non die hards

 

[Dead Man Switch]

I think if LM goes the Warriors will be seeking compensation and it won't be financial, so it wont be PNG or Perth.

What position do we want a high quality signing in?

 

[sydneywarrior92]

Fox sports take:

Why Warriors fans should be concerned about shock Metcalf rumour that ‘has legs’

Why Warriors fans should be concerned about shock Metcalf rumour that ‘has legs’

www.foxsports.com.au

 

[CWC]

I think if LM goes the Warriors will be seeking compensation and it won't be financial, so it wont be PNG or Perth.

What position do we want a high quality signing in?

I’d say fullback and leadership or experience at prop. Might not necessarily be compensation as NZ connected Timoko and Leniu are on the market apparently, can use cap for that

Those 2 actually fit the experienced prop and outside back requirements, if webby thinks they can fit in, probably no short term elite fb available atm, timoko would be a great rts as centre replacement, anderson’s more a berry upgrade workhorse. Ali to fb? He has the distribution skills, a preseason on fitness? Put at fb at cup last year too

 

[CWC]

Fox sports take:

Why Warriors fans should be concerned about shock Metcalf rumour that ‘has legs’

Why Warriors fans should be concerned about shock Metcalf rumour that ‘has legs’

www.foxsports.com.au

They haven’t been through watching our groomed playmaker missing 60% of games every single year since 2023 nor watching the team fall apart in 2024 after similar AFB bombshell

The TMM video someone posted actually made it worse, NZ media even Tony Kemp etc (or the entire SJ lounge panel claiming he’s the future *cough Tanah) have been so nice and over praising him since 2023 to keep him here and fans losing sleep over if we will pay him enough for an extension to stay, now we’re second on the table with cht/boyd, put it bluntly suddenly he wants clarification if he’s handed the 7 next year

What if webby says no, you fight like hell for it?

 

[sydneywarrior92]

Aussie media take seems to be very much team Metcalf. In particular, Riccio's take that Tanah hasn't achieved anything but Metcalf has is very puzzling to me and reaks of Aussies just not paying much attention to the situation. Or maybe its just the star quality of Metcalf they are attracted to.

 

[Old Sid]

View: https://www.facebook.com/share/v/14fkzwtVqhp/?mibextid=wwXIfr


Thought this was an interesting video about a week ago regarding TMM and how Webster encapsulates TMM’s team first attitude

Sure comes across that way. Very much a team player. Should we lose CHT (hope not) TMM might well step up to fill that role. And not a bad replacement to have in your back pocket for sure.

 

[MaybeTop8]

Is there a way Mehcalf comes out of this in a good light?

No facts are known are they?

 

[CWC]

A social post denial would be ideal from the warriors or metcalf PR team, news cycle runs for 72 hours and it’s almost out and no denial. Might have to wait till team naming to have reporters ask webby directly about it. Not life and death but PR savvy staff paid to do this would usually deal with it swiftly

So someone said RNZ asked and it was no comment from the club?

 

[Buzz Killington]

Funny thing is, they still get paid, right? He has a three year deal. There is plenty of time and anything could happen. Could just be a greedy manager, or he could be like Curren, and have a sense of entitlement.

 

[roguei]

No facts are known are they?

Well i mean its the same as when people were saying he was giving dirty looks at boyd, but then suddenly smiling at clark. Its a bye round, people are board so they want some villian of the week to sharpen there pitchforks at. It's all rumors at the moment. Especially so now that other aussies media outlets aren't even calling it a report anymore. You want aussie star power in the club then this kind of things is going to happen all the time. Its onto the fans to see if they gobble it up and ask for seconds.

 

[BabylonPink]

Could we Loan metcalf?
He gets game time at 7. That way.