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

 

[Ever Hopeful]

Hell yeah that’s the type of strike center I thought we were gonna go for.
Hopefully Anderson is injury cover.

Chester was quite gettable a year or so ago. It just shows how critical it is that your recruitment guys strike at the right time with some talents.

 

[Naumaifooty]

Chester was quite gettable a year or so ago. It just shows how critical it is that your recruitment guys strike at the right time with some talents.

Kind of like how mason barber is now?

 

[Tookey 2.0]

You wouldn’t think he’s injury cover at $1.2 million over 3 years. That is seemingly the Rocco replacement. Probably on the left now though seeing as Ali is performing well

I mean, if we look at it were actually getting change from the Rocco deal (apparently on 500k) who only managed to play an injury cover amount of games haha...

 

[Worried2Death]

I mean, if we look at it were actually getting change from the Rocco deal (apparently on 500k) who only managed to play an injury cover amount of games haha...

Hope we get a bit more bang for buck out of the Andersiah

 

[WAH MAN]

Pompey, TT, Mellars, Berry This is so 2025 again

Leka if we get super mega desperate because we can afford back rowers

 

[Five&Last]

Chester was quite gettable a year or so ago. It just shows how critical it is that your recruitment guys strike at the right time with some talents.

He’s also going to leave first fullback opportunity he gets. He hasn’t played centre before this year and I still think he’s too small to be a top end elite centre. I’d rather have Anderson if we’re just talking centre position long term.

 

[Horriors2013]

You wouldn’t think he’s injury cover at $1.2 million over 3 years. That is seemingly the Rocco replacement. Probably on the left now though seeing as Ali is performing well

Yeah Ali/DWZ is a good thing. Try not to change it. RTS/AKP was even better. We’re really picking up bad luck. But Pompey/AKP can be good. Pompey is good at feeding his winger and his defence is dependable. We aren't in crisis mode yet. Few clubs could survive our injuries. But we have depth. Berry could fill a gap for a few weeks at left centre. Our systems are strong.

 

[Horriors2013]

He’s also going to leave first fullback opportunity he gets. He hasn’t played centre before this year and I still think he’s too small to be a top end elite centre. I’d rather have Anderson if we’re just talking centre position long term.

Good point. I'd take him.

 

[sup42]

Surely we are in with a good shout to sign Steve Matai now. Him, KP + Joey Manu!

Rene Ranger first. He's been waiting the longest.