Recruitment Warriors 2024/2025 Recruitment & Retention

Warriors 2024/2025 Recruitment & Retention Discussion
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-​	Player​	2024​	2025​	2026​	2027​	2028​
1	Bunty Afoa	✔	✔
2	Tom Ale	✔	✔
3	Mitchell Barnett	✔	✔	✔	✔
4	The Greatest of All-Time	✔	✔	✔
5	Kurt Capewell	✔	✔	✔
6	Wayde Egan	✔	✔	✔	✔
7	Addin Fonua-Blake	✔
8	Jackson Ford	✔	✔
9	Leka Halasima	✔	✔	✔	✔
10	Tohu Harris	✔	✔
11	Chanel Harris-Tavita	✔	✔	M
12	Shaun Johnson	✔
13	Edward Kosi	✔	✔
14	Jacob Laban	✔	✔	✔
15	Ali Leiataua	✔	✔
16	Freddy Lussick	✔	✔	✔
17	Zyon Maiu’u	✔	✔	✔
18	Te Maire Martin	✔	✔
19	Luke Metcalf	✔	✔	✔
20	Marcelo Montoya	✔	✔
21	Charnze Nicoll-Klokstad	✔	✔
22	Marata Niukore	✔	✔	✔
23	Adam Pompey	✔	✔
24	Demitric Sifakula	✔	✔	C
25	Jazz Tevaga	✔
26	Taine Tuaupiki	✔	✔
27	Roger Tuivasa-Sheck	✔	✔	✔
28	Dylan Walker	✔	✔
29	Dallin Watene-Zelezniak	✔	✔
D1	Ben Farr	D
D2	Etuane Fukofuka	D
D3	Patrick Moimoi	D
D4	Tanner Stowers-Smith	D	D
-	Jett Cleary	-	D	D	D
-	James Fisher-Harris	-	✔	✔	✔	✔
-	Kalani Going	-	D
-	Motu Pasikala	-	✔	✔	✔

key: C = Club option, M = Mutual option, P = Player option, D = Development contract

Confirmed Top 30 2024: 29/30
Confirmed Development 2024: 4/6

Confirmed Top 30 2025: 28/30
Confirmed Development 2025: 4/6

2025 Gains: James Fisher-Harris (Panthers), Jett Cleary (Panthers Pathways), Kahu Capper (Roosters Pathways)
2025 Losses: Addin Fonua-Blake (Sharks), Jazz Tevaga (Contract Expired), Shaun Johnson (Retirement)
2025 Off Contract: Nil

 

[WA Warrior]

If our season is done before July and releasing AFB early get us better players for next season to compliment JFH then I’d go for it lol, I am thinking for ourselves

I get the reasoning but the only thing I would give those fuckers is my spit.

 

[BangBro's (still banging)]

If you could only pick one for a top 30 conttact of Halasima or Eddie Ieremia-Toeava who would you pick and why?

 

[BangBro's (still banging)]

I want McFadden to promote Graham Taufa to the top 30 for next season.

Release Kosi early from his contract for this space, Taufa slots into Centre wing Depth.

 

[The Warrior Waka]

If you could only pick one for a top 30 conttact of Halasima or Eddie Ieremia-Toeava who would you pick and why?

Eddie seems to be well disciplined and focused on feild. Hes got a big engine. Halasima can be the exact opposite sometimes. Halasima is more talented on attack. Eddie better defensively. It's hard, As Eddie has everything we want from a young man. He's just missing the attacking flair that Halasima offers.

 

[sup42]

I want McFadden to promote Graham Taufa to the top 30 for next season.

Release Kosi early from his contract for this space, Taufa slots into Centre wing Depth.

Kosi is someone I have a soft spot for.
But Moala is an actual prospect with the potential to be an NRL beast so yeah I hope he makes it over Ed.

 

[BangBro's (still banging)]

Eddie seems to be well disciplined and focused on feild. Hes got a big engine. Halasima can be the exact opposite sometimes. Halasima is more talented on attack. Eddie better defensively. It's hard, As Eddie has everything we want from a young man. He's just missing the attacking flair that Halasima offers.

Yeah I lean towards Eddie myself as I feel if you show the tough stuff early it would stand the test of time more often! Glad to have both but I will bank on Eddie getting a debut earlier.

 

[BangBro's (still banging)]

Does Jazz still have more to give the club?

 

[CWC]

Does Jazz still have more to give the club?

Looks good again suddenly, getting over the calf issues, would be worth keeping if on reasonable coins, especially the way injuries are contaminating

 

[Commonsense]

Looks good again suddenly, getting over the calf issues, would be worth keeping if on reasonable coins, especially the way injuries are contaminating

Maybe he has started to sleep on the weekends.

 

[Mr Drag]

Throw the money at Dylan Brown, got a out clause if Coach is sacked!

 

[Five&Last]

Yeah I lean towards Eddie myself as I feel if you show the tough stuff early it would stand the test of time more often! Glad to have both but I will bank on Eddie getting a debut earlier.

They’ve been pretty strict on natural progression i.e. development contract, then top 30 spot and then debut.

I think Eddie will be on a development contract next year and then top 30 and debut in 2026.

I’ve never really seen an engine like he has for a prospect. He’s just non-stop. Can easily see him regularly hitting 50 tackle games in first grade.

Still doesn’t have what Halasima has which can’t really be taught or developed.

 

[BangBro's (still banging)]

They’ve been pretty strict on natural progression i.e. development contract, then top 30 spot and then debut.

I think Eddie will be on a development contract next year and then top 30 and debut in 2026.

I’ve never really seen an engine like he has for a prospect. He’s just non-stop. Can easily see him regularly hitting 50 tackle games in first grade.

Still doesn’t have what Halasima has which can’t really be taught or developed.

Beautiful spot to be in! Laban will grow immensely for what he does this season. I feel like out of all the young guns besides Berry, he's away! And he could command a bench spot now on, just fucken mental!

He was loving the Panthers game on the weekend!

Ali Leiataua won't be far behind him, and then the is zyon and Sifakula to come!

It going to become who do we keep soon.

Can we squeeze two more seasons from Jazz?

 

[WahsUltras]

Throw the money at Dylan Brown, got an out clause if Coach is sacked!

His talents wasted at the eels. They just haven’t been able to unleash his true potential on a consistent basis.

 

[Tony Martin]

They’ve been pretty strict on natural progression i.e. development contract, then top 30 spot and then debut.

I think Eddie will be on a development contract next year and then top 30 and debut in 2026.

I’ve never really seen an engine like he has for a prospect. He’s just non-stop. Can easily see him regularly hitting 50 tackle games in first grade.

Still doesn’t have what Halasima has which can’t really be taught or developed.

Barring injury I think Eddie will play first grade next year. He’s started virtually every game in cup this year.
I’ve also heard he’s not afraid to get stuck into the older boys for dropping there heads.
Agreed re Halasima.
Between him, Eddie and demetric we have some guns waiting in the wings

 

[Five&Last]

Beautiful spot to be in! Laban will grow immensely for what he does this season. I feel like out of all the young guns besides Berry, he's away! And he could command a bench spot now on, just fucken mental!

He was loving the Panthers game on the weekend!

Ali Leiataua won't be far behind him, and then the is zyon and Sifakula to come!

It going to become who do we keep soon.

Can we squeeze two more seasons from Jazz?

Nah Jazz is done.

It’s going to be hard enough of a roster squeeze with Eddie, Halasima, Stowers-Smith all worthy of top 30 contracts next year

 

[Boston Boy]

Nah Jazz is done.

It’s going to be hard enough of a roster squeeze with Eddie, Halasima, Stowers-Smith all worthy of top 30 contracts next year

I hear you but it’s a big jump for these kids. They need hard nosed experienced guys around them with strong mentalities. That is where Jazz is one of the best. We have to be careful we don’t repeat the same mistake Bluey did, underestimate the need for hard nosed experienced players. I would be keeping Jazz. One hooker in the crusaders years ago was getting old and he refused to give his position to the younger players, he taught them everything he knew but told them they must take his position by out performing him in order to keep the standards high and the team strong. If they are growing and outperform Jazz then retire him or let him go. But until then let them lift their game until we are seeing consistently strong performances. At the moment when Jazz is in cup he is the best forward by far. I wouldn’t let him go yet.

 

[Five&Last]

I hear you but it’s a big jump for these kids. They need hard nosed experienced guys around them with strong mentalities. That is where Jazz is one of the best. We have to be careful we don’t repeat the same mistake Bluey did, underestimate the need for hard nosed experienced players. I would be keeping Jazz. One hooker in the crusaders years ago was getting old and he refused to give his position to the younger players, he taught them everything he knew but told them they must take his position by out performing him in order to keep the standards high and the team strong. If they are growing and outperform Jazz then retire him or let him go. But until then let them lift their game until we are seeing consistently strong performances. At the moment when Jazz is in cup he is the best forward by far. I wouldn’t let him go yet.

Nah there’s too many of those guys imo.

Capewell, Barnett, Tohu, Ford etc

We are badly missing athleticism in our forward pack

 

[Boston Boy]

Nah there’s too many of those guys imo.

Capewell, Barnett, Tohu, Ford etc

We are badly missing athleticism in our forward pack

Fair point.

I think you are right re the need for Athleticism and power.
Jazz would give more for this club than almost anyone else, I feel like a few others maybe able to leave before him….?

 

[Five&Last]

Fair point.

I think you are right re the need for Athleticism and power.
Jazz would give more for this club than almost anyone else, I feel like a few others maybe able to leave before him….?

True but he’s also off contract, sometimes it’s timing that works against you.

Would rather just move in a different direction than have to pay freight to send Capewell back to Aus

 

[Hatchet Harry]

I get the reasoning but the only thing I would give those fuckers is my spit.

Not even that. I wouldn’t even give them the steam off my piss.