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

 

[Dead Man Switch]

I honestly think the Dragons will make a massive play for Luke Metcalf, especially for the rest of this season. Dean Young their coach is also their ex half and he will be desperate to get a quality half on their books immediately.

I could see Warriors grabbing Loko Pasifiki Tonga as compensation and saving a heap of cap space.

 

[Wahs_Ultras]

I honestly think the Dragons will make a massive play for Luke Metcalf, especially for the rest of this season. Dean Young their coach is also their ex half and he will be desperate to get a quality half on their books immediately.

I could see Warriors grabbing Loko Pasifiki Tonga as compensation and saving a heap of cap space.

Give us Hamish Stewart and it’s a deal. Wouldn’t take loko

 

[The Warrior Waka]

Give us Hamish Stewart and it’s a deal. Wouldn’t take loko

We don't need another backrower. We are flush with them. Stewart is the type of player the Dragons can build a team around. And will fight tooth & nail to keep him.
Loko is more likely being born & bred in NZ. Altho, We don't need him either.

 

[juju]

I honestly think the Dragons will make a massive play for Luke Metcalf, especially for the rest of this season. Dean Young their coach is also their ex half and he will be desperate to get a quality half on their books immediately.

I could see Warriors grabbing Loko Pasifiki Tonga as compensation and saving a heap of cap space.

Dean Young was a hooker / utility I think.

Metcalf isn't what they need in a turnaround.

 

[Makasene]

I honestly think the Dragons will make a massive play for Luke Metcalf, especially for the rest of this season.

Never going to happen.

We have nothing to gain by doing that, even getting a player back.

Metcalf won't be going anywhere this year

 

[Dannevegas]

I honestly think the Dragons will make a massive play for Luke Metcalf, especially for the rest of this season. Dean Young their coach is also their ex half and he will be desperate to get a quality half on their books immediately.

I could see Warriors grabbing Loko Pasifiki Tonga as compensation and saving a heap of cap space.

Can already see how that plays out. He’ll go there, play like shit just like everyone else there then get injured.

Stay here Lukey, fight for the position

 

[CWC]

I honestly think the Dragons will make a massive play for Luke Metcalf, especially for the rest of this season. Dean Young their coach is also their ex half and he will be desperate to get a quality half on their books immediately.

I could see Warriors grabbing Loko Pasifiki Tonga as compensation and saving a heap of cap space.

They might be enticed with a discounted Mets partnering with Drinkwater and think they have a chance

 

[Brightman]

They might be enticed with a discounted Mets partnering with Drinkwater and think they have a chance

WTF, we're the Warriors not the Warehouse!!

 

[sydneywarrior92]

This is one area where I am grateful we are low key in NZ.

If we were a Sydney club, this issue would have been plastered all over NRL 360, triple m and the entire NRL media apparatus. Imagine the chooks deciding to bench DCE in favor of Savala in the halves because they are winning with a Savala/Walker combo. The bad publicity for the chooks would be endless. As it stands, there's only a single story on the fox sports website and spoken briefly on a few NRL podcasts.