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

 

[CWC]

Another odd part of all of this, is that by the looks of it, on the socials he's been in aus during all of these rumors. Truely fiendish how he puppeteers events while not even being in the country.

Bro you're actually making it worse for him
The original tea leave was he's already talking to AUS clubs, so now he's also in AUS?
I know the response will be it's for families, but I'm sure he's too busy to have coffee with important people down the road

Kenty I got a bit of mail that Metcalf won't be there next year, uh they resigned him last year to big money uh he had offers to two Sydney clubs last year at 750 and 850. I think he signed for less at the Warriors. My mail is he won't be there next year.
Well, if this situation continues,
that's Yeah, that's every chance to be right, isn't it? Yeah, because look, he he won't he's better than being a bench player, but again, I think Webster has done the right thing.
Go with Tat Boyd.
Well, well, Tanner Boyd look certainly would be less on the cap. Yep.
But he's doing just a Yeah, but he's unsigned for next year,
so they got to sign him, too. So that'll be interesting what they do there.
Well, if look well how far advance are the talks with Metcalf with the NRL other teams?
Yeah, it's Yeah, it's happening.
Well, if that's happening, that's going to be a conversation then, Warren, where they'll go to the Warriors at some point and say hopefully they get permission to negotiate first.
Okay. You think that happens? [laughter] No,
we know it doesn't. Anyway, but either way, it might actually solve a problem for the Warriors as well.
Y so yeah, it's good luck.

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View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lmWqtS398HQ&t=492s

It's always fun to go back to the earliest claims and see what happened after or if any confirmation or denial/attempted/hard debunking happened
The earliest claim from the aussie personnel sounds like the info are NOT from within warriors camp but from the AUS clubs

 

[Buzz Killington]

Why couldn't you knock on the coaches door and have a chat? Ask them what their thoughts are and what you could do to keep ticking boxes and get to where you want to be? Is that a bit too mature?

It is impossible to knock on Webby`s door.!

Do you wanna know why?


DO you really wanna know?


Webby literally does not have a door! True story. He took it off so the players could come and talk to him at any time.

 

[CWC]

It is impossible to knock on Webby`s door.!

Do you wanna know why?


DO you really wanna know?


Webby literally does not have a door! True story. He took it off so the players could come and talk to him at any time.

Might be why he was looking for renovation at one of the poster's shop lol

 

[WAH MAN]

It is impossible to knock on Webby`s door.!

Do you wanna know why?


DO you really wanna know?


Webby literally does not have a door! True story. He took it off so the players could come and talk to him at any time.

Great story. Miles better than the reports are that.............

 

[roguei]

Bro you're actually making it worse for him
The original tea leave was he's already talking to AUS clubs, so now he's also in AUS?
I know the response will be it's for families, but I'm sure he's too busy to have coffee with important people down the road

Kenty I got a bit of mail that Metcalf won't be there next year, uh they resigned him last year to big money uh he had offers to two Sydney clubs last year at 750 and 850. I think he signed for less at the Warriors. My mail is he won't be there next year.
Well, if this situation continues,
that's Yeah, that's every chance to be right, isn't it? Yeah, because look, he he won't he's better than being a bench player, but again, I think Webster has done the right thing.
Go with Tat Boyd.
Well, well, Tanner Boyd look certainly would be less on the cap. Yep.
But he's doing just a Yeah, but he's unsigned for next year,
so they got to sign him, too. So that'll be interesting what they do there.
Well, if look well how far advance are the talks with Metcalf with the NRL other teams?
Yeah, it's Yeah, it's happening.
Well, if that's happening, that's going to be a conversation then, Warren, where they'll go to the Warriors at some point and say hopefully they get permission to negotiate first.
Okay. You think that happens? [laughter] No,
we know it doesn't. Anyway, but either way, it might actually solve a problem for the Warriors as well.
Y so yeah, it's good luck.

​

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lmWqtS398HQ&t=492s

It's always fun to go back to the earliest claims and see what happened after or if any confirmation or denial/attempted/hard debunking happened
The earliest claim from the aussie personnel sounds like the info are NOT from within warriors camp but from the AUS clubs

Please, please. I'm not making it up or "getting mail", he genuinely looks to of been in aus, according to his partner's instagram story coming back via the international airport. Unlike these guys. Which would help his backstabbing ways of talking to other clubs, and spinelessness to force the coaching stuff to answer his while he's away. It could be to see family for mother's day etc, but it could also be for said villainous meetings with other clubs. And if that is the case im glad it looks like we've signed tannah for a long time, and are confident enough in replacing CHT/Metcalf for that 6 spot with someone.