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	Tohu Harris	✔	✔
10	Chanel Harris-Tavita	✔	✔	M
11	Shaun Johnson	✔
12	Edward Kosi	✔	✔
13	Jacob Laban	✔	✔	✔
14	Ali Leiataua	✔	✔
15	Freddy Lussick	✔	✔	✔
16	Zyon Maiu’u	✔	✔	✔
17	Te Maire Martin	✔	✔
18	Luke Metcalf	✔	✔	✔
19	Marcelo Montoya	✔	✔
20	Charnze Nicoll-Klokstad	✔	✔
21	Marata Niukore	✔	✔	✔
22	Adam Pompey	✔	✔
23	Demitric Sifakula	✔	✔	T
24	Jazz Tevaga	✔
25	Taine Tuaupiki	✔	✔
26	Roger Tuivasa-Sheck	✔	✔	✔
27	Dylan Walker	✔	✔
28	Dallin Watene-Zelezniak	✔	✔
D1	Ben Farr	D
D2	Etuane Fukofuka	D
D3	Leka Halasima	D	D	✔
D4	Patrick Moimoi	D
D5	Tanner Stowers-Smith	D
-	Jett Cleary	-	D	✔	✔
-	James Fisher-Harris	-	✔	✔	✔	✔

key: T = Team option, M = Mutual option, P = Player option, D = Development contract

Confirmed Top 30 2024: 28/30
Confirmed Development 2024: 5/6

Confirmed Top 30 2025: 26/30
Confirmed Development 2025: 1/6

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

 

[Commonsense]

Ive been watching Paps quite a bit this year & hes been terrible!!! He just looks a short slow plodding hobbit & has been terrible in defense. Pretty sure Benji wants him gone tbh.

So pretty much the same as the rest of his career apart from one and a bit years at Parra.

Our young players coming through are going to be better than him in the very near future, no need for him.

 

[Commonsense]

Ice is a two time dally M edge backrower you’d play him there. His best is better than anyone not named Fifita. It’s a no-brainer if we can afford him

 

[Defence]

Is he a better 13 prospect than Tom Ale? Yes at this stage.

Crazy to think they’re the same age.

 

[WahsaurusRex]

Where is GeePee when you need him aye??

Big time yes to Ice, but I have no idea where the money is coming from.

We do have two open slots in the top 30, but I can’t see those being worth very much. Especially considering we have to spend 97.5% of the cap by June 30

Even if it was starting from 2025, someone would have to be tapped on the shoulder

 

[Defence]

Where is GeePee when you need him aye??

Big time yes to Ice, but I have no idea where the money is coming from.

We do have two open slots in the top 30, but I can’t see those being worth very much. Especially considering we have to spend 97.5% of the cap by June 30

Even if it was starting from 2025, someone would have to be tapped on the shoulder

The tigers have already paid the majority of his salary for this year- what would he be worth for the next 4 months? 250,000?
I’d be surprised if we couldn’t make it work.
Could be another shot in the arm coming back from the bye.

 

[WahsaurusRex]

The tigers have already paid the majority of his salary for this year- what would he be worth for the next 4 months? 250,000?
I’d be surprised if we couldn’t make it work.
Could be another shot in the arm coming back from the bye.

Had the same thought for a second but chat around the cap, especially mid season moves, around here almost always ends in tears so I am just sticking to the NRL.com page on the Cap Rules lol

I hope so tho, and if that is the case, Ice should already be packing his undies as we speak

 

[Defence]

Just having a sniff on the tigers forum- bit of a mixed bag- overall id say their fans aren’t too upset about it but have other players they’d rather get rid off first.
General consensus is that he will go good in a decent team, they tend to think he initiated the release and there’s a couple of posters who do think he’s coming back here.

 

[MrFrankWhite]

Where is GeePee when you need him aye??

Big time yes to Ice, but I have no idea where the money is coming from.

We do have two open slots in the top 30, but I can’t see those being worth very much. Especially considering we have to spend 97.5% of the cap by June 30

Even if it was starting from 2025, someone would have to be tapped on the shoulder

Id be moving Lussick and Ford ASAP

 

[Noitall]

Just having a sniff on the tigers forum- bit of a mixed bag- overall id say their fans aren’t too upset about it but have other players they’d rather get rid off first.
General consensus is that he will go good in a decent team, they tend to think he initiated the release and there’s a couple of posters who do think he’s coming back here.

Reckon he never would have gone after Maguire got sacked and there were rumours of him backflipping. Tigers sponsored by lawyers so probably was no way out

 

[MrFrankWhite]

Sure he hasnt been the MOST professional player, but jeez hes pretty much a saint compared to some other players. And most people grow when they travel and experience the world. Look at SJ.

 

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Just listening to SEN out of Aussie and apparently the noise is getting louder about Dylan Brown to the Warriors







Off the Warriors LU forum. No idea if there’s any truth?

 

[WahsaurusRex]

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Just listening to SEN out of Aussie and apparently the noise is getting louder about Dylan Brown to the Warriors







Off the Warriors LU forum. No idea if there’s any truth?

If SJ has signed on for one more year at 700k as rumoured, if he retires after ‘25 that gets you at least 80% of the way there money wise imo.

Not sure Id put much weight on something coming out of SEN Australia about us, but I am sure we could get him for 2026 if we really wanted to

 

[Beastmode]

And most people grow when they travel and experience the world. Look at SJ.

CHT too

Although those balls aren’t growing back any time soon

 

[Noitall]

Stuff

www.stuff.co.nz

Interview with JFH about coming home

 

[Dannevegas]

Only get Papali’i if we can somehow release capewell in return

 

[RTS’s Calves]

Only get Papali’i if we can somehow release capewell in return

Could Capewell be the one with an unhappy wife?

 

[Noitall]

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Could Capewell be the one with an unhappy wife?

Barnett?

 

[WA Warrior]

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Could Capewell be the one with an unhappy wife?

Please don’t be Barney’s Mrs

 

[tajhay]

Barnett?

Id be pissed off if we released Barnett to sign Papali'i.

 

[CWC]

Depending on his partner I guess, if she needs to sell brownies in NZ then yes bring him home, the brownie business can’t die here

$650K/year for a 25 y/o ex-Wahs superstar whose career is dying at a bottom club, come and play second row for another year and transitioning to replace Tohu for the next 5-7 years while able to cover prop and second row? Some tough decisions to be made but probably Jazz to UK or Capewell if it’s his wife having issues here (?)

If Barney rumor was true then a no-brainer again. Hope Barney stays