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

 

[Aman 2.0]

Damn we just blew up a top 4 team to make sense of RTSs fat contract.

No wonder there was no harmony this year. Players must have felt a bit jilted having to move over with Webby trying to fit RTS in somewhere.

Will miss you Monty. Played like a true warrior

 

[Damo]

Damn we just blew up a top 4 team to make sense of RTSs fat contract.

No wonder there was no harmony this year. Players must have felt a bit jilted having to move over with Webby trying to fit RTS in somewhere.

Will miss you Monty. Played like a true warrior

Montoya is another average player that people have rose tinted glasses for.

 

[JaggedJ]

In 2023 we finished in the top 4, we were never a top 4 team.

There's always a risk moving on proven solid options for the hope of bigger potential, but that's what good teams do.

I just hope we release the right players because we've identified the right ones coming through.

 

[kos]

News Corp Aus has published the top 100 Nrl players earnings list.
AFB was in the top 12
Marata Nuikore was our second entrant in the twenties
Dylan Walker bit further down the list
And in the 90-100 part SJ on his 600k.

 

[Noitall]

News Corp Aus has published the top 100 Nrl players earnings list.
AFB was in the top 12
Marata Nuikore was our second entrant in the twenties
Dylan Walker bit further down the list
And in the 90-100 part SJ on his 600k.

Tohu Harris paid more than Niukore?

 

[Damo]

Tohu Harris paid more than Niukore?

Hence why these articles are usually just a guessing game.

 

[Noitall]

Hence why these articles are usually just a guessing game.

Would be interesting to know RTS’s salary. Thought it was around $750k a season?

 

[Damo]

Would be interesting to know RTS’s salary. Thought it was around $750k a season?

Telegraph thought 650k earlier in the year. But no one would know for sure except for the parties involved

 

[kos]

Telegraph thought 650k earlier in the year. But no one would know for sure except for the parties involved

Rts is on the list at 650 and number 80/ that 650 is. A$
Tohu nowhere to be seen
Interestingly number 100 is Cody Walker

 

[Noitall]

Rts is on the list at 650 and number 80/ that 650 is. A$
Tohu nowhere to be seen
Interestingly number 100 is Cody Walker

I can’t see how we don’t have a shitload of spare salary cap to spare? We don’t have the expensive spine many teams do, our highest paid earners will be JFH, Tohu, Niukore and RTS. DWZ still perhaps sees a decent salary? When you look at a team like the eels with the expensive spine and some big earners in the forward pack, the rest of the team must be on bigger all?

 

[Damo]

Rts is on the list at 650 and number 80/ that 650 is. A$
Tohu nowhere to be seen
Interestingly number 100 is Cody Walker

Well quite obvious the list is wrong then, Tohu is on big money this year. Unless it's talking about 2025 where he would be on significantly less

 

[kos]

I can’t see how we don’t have a shitload of spare salary cap to spare? We don’t have the expensive spine many teams do, our highest paid earners will be JFH, Tohu, Niukore and RTS. DWZ still perhaps sees a decent salary? When you look at a team like the eels with the expensive spine and some big earners in the forward pack, the rest of the team must be on bigger all?

Yes I was thinking along those lines but as a prev poster stated - can’t trust these lists
Tohu and DWZ not listed also Barny - how much would he be on
Lot of cap space wasted on Jake the Muss and Rts based on their 2024 form.
Marata could improve in 2025 - Rts I don’t think so / expensive costs for effectively a spare
And a flop end to the year by our much trumpeted Nsw cup team
2024 has been disappointing more so than in a long time for me.
During Covid there was at least an obvious reason
But this year my gut blames Webster crap game plans dubious selections poor bench use failure to bring in new players despite loss after loss after loss no accountability from his list of favourite players

 

[Christchurch_Warrior]

I can’t see how we don’t have a shitload of spare salary cap to spare? We don’t have the expensive spine many teams do, our highest paid earners will be JFH, Tohu, Niukore and RTS. DWZ still perhaps sees a decent salary? When you look at a team like the eels with the expensive spine and some big earners in the forward pack, the rest of the team must be on bigger all?

Can't remember if this is still allowed but we might have front loaded next years pay to some of the players. i.e. Niukore was paid an extra $200K but in 2025 he gets $200k less. There was a poster who seemed an expert at what was allowed for the salary cap I think the posts might have been on the old website.

 

[Noitall]

Can't remember if this is still allowed but we might have front loaded next years pay to some of the players. i.e. Niukore was paid an extra $200K but in 2025 he gets $200k less. There was a poster who seemed an expert at what was allowed for the salary cap I think the posts might have been on the old website.

There’s still definitely backended deals being done but I don’t think it can be to the extent it used to be? Bit shit really that a club can have you earning a good salary in your last year, I guess it’s incentive to work hard to get that good final year salary. I know Jackson Hastings’ salary goes to $800k next year, hence why knights are trying to offload him

 

[Noitall]

Well quite obvious the list is wrong then, Tohu is on big money this year. Unless it's talking about 2025 where he would be on significantly less

Had thought he was on $950k?

 

[Damo]

Had thought he was on $950k?

Yeah exactly, him not being above Niukore shows how much faith we can have in the list.

 

[Leon Black]

Yes I was thinking along those lines but as a prev poster stated - can’t trust these lists
Tohu and DWZ not listed also Barny - how much would he be on
Lot of cap space wasted on Jake the Muss and Rts based on their 2024 form.
Marata could improve in 2025 - Rts I don’t think so / expensive costs for effectively a spare
And a flop end to the year by our much trumpeted Nsw cup team
2024 has been disappointing more so than in a long time for me.
During Covid there was at least an obvious reason
But this year my gut blames Webster crap game plans dubious selections poor bench use failure to bring in new players despite loss after loss after loss no accountability from his list of favourite players

Don’t know what list you read, Barnett was #60 and Tohu #17

 

[Canadian_Warriors_Fan]

Is either the DT or SMH worth getting for digital access?

 

[Citygirl]

Montoya is another average player that people have rose tinted glasses for.

I have to admit I have rose tinted glasses for most of our players, I liked Montoya but he has been hot and cold, had a good game last week.

 

[Beastmode]

I’m sure there was a post here a few years ago asking posters if they’d played RL, surprisingly many had not.

Let me poll it.