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: 23/30
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, 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, Chanel Harris-Tavita, Sam Healey, Eddie Ieremia-Toeava, Ali Leiataua, Charnze Nicoll-Klokstad, Motu Pasikala, Adam Pompey, Dallin Watene-Zelezniak

 

[sup42]

It's offical! Boyd has signed till 2029

View: https://www.instagram.com/p/DYnrtXbk_Uc/

Wow!

Our biggest signing since James Fisher Harris.

So happy for us and Mr Boyd. He was so down man, it hurt to watch it.

So Metcalf doing a back flip is dead for sure (was never gonna happen) the ten days is gone, and now his replacement is locked in long term.

Cam George wasn't telling porkies. Good things did indeed come.

 

[The Warrior Waka]

Who? Jett still growing his

 

[~Navigator~]

Hopefully we get TMM signed now and Healey

 

[BangBro's (still banging)]

Jackson ford next please cappy!

 

[kos]

Awesome news. Now just need a Fijian flyer and a big bopper prop

Jacob Saifiti 2 in one?
Available.

 

[Five&Last]

Good shit. Hopefully we didn't pay overs. Something similar to Jamal Fogarty at around 600k sounds reasonable to me.

Now quickly lock up TMM on a 1 year deal for 250k before he breaks out and becomes worth a lot more.

 

[timburgesstheonlyoneiknow]

It says something about the culture the club is building. Players want to stay.

 

[Noitall]

Funny thing is, if we do sign Nathan and or Ivan, you know it won't be the Warriors than win the GF eh? It will be Penrith the Penwahs that came in and saved the day.

I hope like hell that narrative the Media would 100% spin (while the fans cry Silvertails) never happens.

Webster is too good to need to buy a Premiership, he is gonna win one outright, like Jett who ran from that incestuous (metaphor don't panic) outfit, he came here to do things on his own ste

Nah son, Nathan was ball boy for Warriors and sporting our gewahs while dads was coach long before panthers took dibs on the chins. Tanah backup is locked in, now for the big fish (not JFH)

 

[Noitall]

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Mark the mahi man with some love for Tanah at the end took him a bit off guard

 

[CWC]

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Mark the mahi man with some love for Tanah at the end took him a bit off guard

Dude just put what every introvert Warrior fan was thinking into action

 

[Noitall]

Dude just put what every introvert Warrior fan was thinking into action

Good to hear his confidence in his form talking about going to another level, he has. Would have been a hard case if camera panned to Metcalf to see his reaction

 

[CWC]

Would have been a hard case if camera panned to Metcalf to see his reaction

That would be exclusive members content

 

[Noitall]

That would be exclusive members content

Probably something along the lines of

 

[j_p]

That would be exclusive members content

Mate were you not invited to the Warriors onlyfans page?

 

[CWC]

View: https://www.instagram.com/p/DYnrvVfyr4I/

Little emotional watching this, a bit like a tribute to 2026

 

[Horriors2013]

I love capewell but I would not keep him beyond this year. Fatialofa is like a caged beast at the moment! We are actually stacked in the backrow!

Imagine Halasima on the right side, Fatialofa on the left The opposition won't see Erin Clarke coming up the middle! RTS/Fatialofa/AKP

 

[Horriors2013]

maybe....when hes good enough?

a forward you can initiate them with 10-15 min stint in first grade. With half you either get him on the extended bench as injury cover, or you play him starting, else you are just wasting a bench spot.

if hes good enough, webster will find a spot for him. But club has said numerous times that hes still developing and has a while to go. Not sure why the FOMO just because of his surname.

It's not his name. It's his performance. He's carving up in NSW Cup. Have you even been watching? He's shrugging off grown men and burning wingers.

 

[Cces]

It's not his name. It's his performance. He's carving up in NSW Cup. Have you even been watching? He's shrugging off grown men and burning wingers.

34 tackles breaks is a very impressive stat, for a Winger let alone a #7, from 9 games.
7 try assists/4 tries (team has scored 50), errors (11), handling errors (8) & winning less than half of their games will factor in more when considering a NRL call up though

 

[Noitall]

34 tackles breaks is a very impressive stat, for a Winger let alone a #7, from 9 games.
7 try assists/4 tries (team has scored 50), errors (11), handling errors (8) & winning less than half of their games will factor in more when considering a NRL call up though

Would the tackle breaks have him as a runner and better suited to 6?

 

[WAH MAN]

Would the tackle breaks have him as a runner and better suited to 6?

Whatever level he's at there is still no real hurry. I won't be upset if he's not needed this season and gets inspired by the patience and resilience of Tanah to do his yards and take his opportunity when it arrives. And anyway, when that debut happens, don't expect him to be Nathan. I don't see him hitting his ceiling for another two seasons towards any possible first grade peaks.