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), Luke Metcalf (St George Illawarra Dragons), Marata Niukore (Newcastle Knights), Roger Tuivasa-Sheck (Wakefield Trinity)

Off contract and free to sign elsewhere for 2027: Rocco Berry, 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

 

[Noitall]

Injuries and depth mean 2 quality halfbacks are necessary in a squad. Boyd’s unfortunate injury has further enhanced my view we should throw a big offer Nathan Cleary’s way. Cleary with Boyd backup and TMM further depth with the other positions he can fill is the direction I’d go

 

[sup42]

Does it say less about Boyd’s form that TMM can come in from the cold and seamlessly lead the team around to a dominant victory? Pairing well with CHT of course

No.

Te Maire was brilliant which is kind of the point with the seamless transition between him and Boyd.

We were dominating the opening thanks to Tanah's kicking, then we dropped off a lot with our kicking game but managed a work around through shorter kicking.

That shorter kicking game is going to burn your forwards out over a season. It just does, more running miles and more desperation tackling in your half.

Our pack is amazing but come finals time the line speed will go up to maximum and we will learn just like the Tongan National team that having the strongest forward pack does not make you consistently better than teams with better field kickers.

No matter how good your forwards you cannot run over the top of a finals level high line speed do or die opponent.

 

[~Navigator~]

Im all for signing Cht and TMM let's get it done, it means we have guys that can do the job if needed.

 

[sydneywarrior92]

Please just resign CHT. He's our only half not made of glass. We need some level of stability.

He is the spirit animal of the team. If he doesn't get re-signed, it would be a real shame.

 

[Noitall]

No.

Te Maire was brilliant which is kind of the point with the seamless transition between him and Boyd.

We were dominating the opening thanks to Tanah's kicking, then we dropped off a lot with our kicking game but managed a work around through shorter kicking.

That shorter kicking game is going to burn your forwards out over a season. It just does, more running miles and more desperation tackling in your half.

Our pack is amazing but come finals time the line speed will go up to maximum and we will learn just like the Tongan National team that having the strongest forward pack does not make you consistently better than teams with better field kickers.

No matter how good your forwards you cannot run over the top of a finals level high line speed do or die opponent.

There was a point too a season or two back where TMM was viewed by some pretty decent names as the form halve of the comp and was prolific with his try assists, he got a big scalp in panthers at halfback too. I probably worded that wrong because it’s clear that Boyd has put the hard work in but this is a team that seems to have the pieces to fill a void currently and losing your spot can be hard to get it back. Pompey is only there because of RTS’s injury since his suspension and I think it’s why AKP was so filthy on himself because there’s people pushing for spots

 

[tajhay]

Has Boyd re-signed with the club? Caught the start of the press conference and Webster said its tough esp for a player without a contract for next year.

 

[CWC]

Has Boyd re-signed with the club? Caught the start of the press conference and Webster said its tough esp for a player without a contract for next year.

We are in a de javu offering another half during ACL…what’s with us and the ACLs pre and post signings

 

[Five&Last]

Has Boyd re-signed with the club? Caught the start of the press conference and Webster said its tough esp for a player without a contract for next year.

Caught that too, he said he didn't have clarity on his next 12 months.

Probably means the contract wasn't signed yet. But also would be strange to let Metcalf go without having Boyd signed.

 

[The Warrior Waka]

Has Boyd re-signed with the club? Caught the start of the press conference and Webster said its tough esp for a player without a contract for next year.

Media made it sound like he had signed ? It's all a bit confusing. So if he hasn't yet, Is he weighing up other offers? Metcalf gone. CHT still unsigned. Maybe, And i don't believe for one second. But maybe Nathan & Ivan to the wahs could possibly be a thing?

 

[Worried2Death]

Media made it sound like he had signed ? It's all a bit confusing. So if he hasn't yet, Is he weighing up other offers? Metcalf gone. CHT still unsigned. Maybe, And i don't believe for one second. But maybe Nathan & Ivan to the wahs could possibly be a thing?

Jet 6 Nathan 7, or would Jet play 7?
Cleary v Cleary debate.

 

[The Warrior Waka]

Jet 6 Nathan 7, or would Jet play 7?
Cleary v Cleary debate.

Nathan to Fullback?

 

[Five&Last]

But maybe Nathan & Ivan to the wahs could possibly be a thing?

Based on what

Why would Nathan move to NZ

 

[Buzz Killington]

Does it say less about Boyd’s form that TMM can come in from the cold and seamlessly lead the team around to a dominant victory? Pairing well with CHT of course

Webby said in an interview the other week that TMM runs the opposition shapes and attack at training. He was praising his value to the team and what a great player he is.

 

[Dannevegas]

Pomps and Ali are our best center pairing

Pomp’s doesn’t come close to Roger at centre

 

[CWC]

Webby said in an interview the other week that TMM runs the opposition shapes and attack at training. He was praising his value to the team and what a great player he is.

That's what he said of Boyd last year word for word too

 

[CWC]

Jet 6 Nathan 7, or would Jet play 7?
Cleary v Cleary debate.

Pillow fight! Pillow fight!

 

[The Warrior Waka]

Based on what

Why would Nathan move to NZ

Surely you know why bro? Lol. There's plenty of reasons why he might. The question is will he? Probably not. If we are losing/letting Mets & possibly CHT & boyd go. There's got to be something big happening. And the Cleary's is all I can think of.

 

[Five&Last]

Absolutely shocked by how good Linnane looked given how long he's been out of the game for. Quick and light on his feet.

Wonder if the 12 months for CHT could be the clubs doing?

Maybe they've seen Linnane at training and are thinking this guy is our long term five-eighth.

 

[Citygirl]

Has Boyd re-signed with the club? Caught the start of the press conference and Webster said its tough esp for a player without a contract for next year.

If this is what you're referring to, I take that to mean he doesn't know the extent of the injury?

Webster said it was difficult to celebrate the 30-point win, “because we’ve got one of our own in there that doesn’t have clarity on his future

 

[sup42]

Has Boyd re-signed with the club? Caught the start of the press conference and Webster said its tough esp for a player without a contract for next year.

Yeah I kept thinking about that when the Fox team said they saw him crying while he was walking up the tunnel.

All we have to go on at this stage is conjecture, I have not seen the post match presser, I cannot for the life of me understand why the Media did not ask Webster to clarify Tanah's contract status.

Frankly the media are not really interested in Tanah Boyd as an identity, he is kinda just a part of the Metcalf affair, rather than being a player the Media are specifically interested in, he doesn't sell copy like a pretty boy charismatic figure.