Recruitment Warriors 2025/2026 Recruitment & Retention

Warriors 2025/2026 Recruitment & Retention Discussion​

-	Player	2025	2026	2027	2028	2029
1	Bunty Afoa	✔
2	Tom Ale	✔
3	Mitchell Barnett	✔	✔	✔
4	Rocco Berry	✔	✔
5	Tanah Boyd	✔	✔
6	Kurt Capewell	✔	✔
7	Erin Clark	✔	✔	✔
8	Wayde Egan	✔	✔	✔
9	James Fisher-Harris	✔	✔	✔	✔
10	Jackson Ford	✔	✔	✔
11	Leka Halasima	✔	✔	✔
	Morgan Harper	✔
12	Chanel Harris-Tavita	✔	✔
13	Sam Healey	✔	✔	✔
14	Edward Kosi	✔
15	Jacob Laban	✔	✔
16	Ali Leiataua	✔	✔	✔
17	Freddy Lussick	✔	✔
18	Te Maire Martin	✔
19	Luke Metcalf	✔	✔
20	Charnze Nicoll-Klokstad	✔
21	Marata Niukore	✔	✔
22	Adam Pompey	✔	✔	✔
23	Tanner Stowers-Smith	✔
24	Taine Tuaupiki	✔	✔
25	Roger Tuivasa-Sheck	✔	✔
26	Demitric Vaimauga	✔	✔	✔	✔
27	Dylan Walker	✔
28	Dallin Watene-Zelezniak	✔	✔	✔
S1	Kayliss Faitialofa	S
S2	Kalani Going	S
S3	Luke Hanson	S
S4	Eddie Ieremia-Toeava	S	✔	✔
S5	Sio Kali	S
S6	Patrick Moimoi	S
-	Kahu Capper	T	T
-	Jett Cleary	T	S	S
-	Motu Pasikala	T	✔	✔

C = Club option, M = Mutual option, P = Player option, S = Supplementary contract, T = Train & Trial contract

Confirmed Top 30 2025: 29/30
Confirmed Supplementary 2025: 6/6

Confirmed Top 30 2026: 21/30
Confirmed Supplementary 2026: 1/6

2026 Gains: Nil
2026 Losses: Nil

Off Contract: Bunty Afoa, Tom Ale, Morgan Harper, Edward Kosi, Te Maire Martin, Charnze Nicoll-Klokstad, Tanner Stowers-Smith, Dylan Walker

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[SouthernWorrier]

11 something he said it himself

Thewarriorholic insta June 18:

"Playing prop for the Jersey Flegg side, Toby stands at an impressive 187cm tall and weighs in at 105kg. Along with an explosively powerful frame, Toby also possesses amazing speed and agility for a middle forward…clocking an impressive personal best of 11.6 sec over 100M."

 

[CWC]

Sounds faster and more durable than all our wingers

 

[peewee]

Sounds faster and more durable than all our wingers

Lets hope he is part of the off season group

 

[Ferdie]

How have we not converted him into a prop wing already - we have a tradition that we need adhere to!

 

[FormerlyJamesW]

Sounds faster and more durable than all our wingers

But can he catch a ball in the air?

 

[~Navigator~]

Thewarriorholic insta June 18:

"Playing prop for the Jersey Flegg side, Toby stands at an impressive 187cm tall and weighs in at 105kg. Along with an explosively powerful frame, Toby also possesses amazing speed and agility for a middle forward…clocking an impressive personal best of 11.6 sec over 100M."

If he doesn't get a run with us in the Nrl,
he will be with a top 6 team, the professionalism he show with his off season training says it all,
Just have to check out his insta. And mainly the off season training clip

https://www.instagram.com/tobycrosby_athlete?igsh=MWgwdjAzdGIzbG9xNQ==

 

[Make my day]

If he doesn't get a run with us in the Nrl,
he will be with a top 6 team, the professionalism he show with his off season training says it all,
Just have to check out his insta. And mainly the off season training clip

https://www.instagram.com/tobycrosby_athlete?igsh=MWgwdjAzdGIzbG9xNQ==

Anyone got videos of him tackling? Then I'll be a believer

 

[Make my day]

Anyone got videos of him tackling? Then I'll be a believer

Nah don't worry about the tackling. Just put him on kosi'S wing

 

[JaggedJ]

Crosby is a sand dune run photo away from being the next mythical Warriors player to be hyped out of existence before his debut.

 

[Worried2Death]

Crosby is a sand dune run photo away from being the next mythical Warriors player to be hyped out of existence before his debut.

Hope he doesn't end up like our last big breakout stars, Stills and Nash

 

[Tokyo Warrior]

Hope he doesn't end up like our last big breakout stars, Stills and Nash

Don’t worry. He’s still Young.

 

[SouthernWorrier]

Crosby is a sand dune run photo away from being the next mythical Warriors player to be hyped out of existence before

If he doesn't get a run with us in the Nrl,
he will be with a top 6 team, the professionalism he show with his off season training says it all,
Just have to check out his insta. And mainly the off season training clip

https://www.instagram.com/tobycrosby_athlete?igsh=MWgwdjAzdGIzbG9xNQ==

Yeah let's just wait and see for now. I think his image is being well managed and promoted, but I'm curious with pace, skill and 21yo why they only gave him one NSW cup run this year. Hopefully just managing for the long term and building his league smarts, but at this stage it looks like 2025 will be progression to NSW cup and we'll get a better handle on him after a couple of months in the grind. Plenty to be hopeful about with our young blokes, and a prop with pace coming in on rotation later in each half would add a great dimension to the team. As long as we can still handle defence against the big packs that have always troubled us.

 

[John Nick]

Sounds promising I agree but a long way to progress to NRL level.

 

[Milking!]

One for the reserve and development grade fans! I know forecasting players from lower grades into first grade can be a bit hit and miss, but are there any under-the-radar players you reckon could be top 30 contenders in 2-3-4 years’ times?

 

[Cces]

Young Halfback who has been playing Mal Meninga Cup for the Sunshine Coast. Apparently Christchurch born.

 

[Noitall]

Young Halfback who has been playing Mal Meninga Cup for the Sunshine Coast. Apparently Christchurch born.View attachment 10125

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eiq8T-DMd5c

Got a decent cutout ball by the looks

 

[CWC]

The Christchurch Ponga!

 

[Completion Rate]

Importantly, can kick em well enough from the sideline.

 

[BangBro's (still banging)]

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eiq8T-DMd5c

Got a decent cutout ball by the looks

Great! Another five eight. Can only play one side of the field by the looks of it.

 

[Noitall]

Great! Another five eight. Can only play one side of the field by the looks of it.

Looks like a halfback judging by the 7 on his back in the footage. Don’t know anything else about him though, like whether he can tackle?