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	✔	✔	✔
12	Tohu Harris	✔
13	Chanel Harris-Tavita	✔	✔
14	Sam Healey	✔	✔	✔
15	Edward Kosi	✔
16	Jacob Laban	✔	✔
17	Ali Leiataua	✔	✔	✔
18	Freddy Lussick	✔	✔
19	Zyon Maiu’u	✔	✔
20	Te Maire Martin	✔
21	Luke Metcalf	✔	✔
22	Charnze Nicoll-Klokstad	✔
23	Marata Niukore	✔	✔
24	Motu Pasikala	✔	✔	✔
25	Adam Pompey	✔
26	Taine Tuaupiki	✔	✔
27	Roger Tuivasa-Sheck	✔	✔
28	Demitric Vaimauga	✔	C
29	Dylan Walker	✔
30	Dallin Watene-Zelezniak	✔	✔	✔
S1	Kalani Going	S
S2	Tanner Stowers-Smith	S
T1	Daeon Amituanai	T
T2	Jaydee Auloa	T
T3	Kahu Capper	T	T
T4	Jett Cleary	T	S	S
T5	Augustino Filipo	T
T6	Etuane Fukofuka	T
T7	Moala Graham-Taufa	T
T8	Eddie Ieremia-Toeava	T
T9	Jason Salalilo	T
T10	Makaia Taufa	T
T11	Rodney Vea	T

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

Confirmed Top 30 2025: 30/30
Confirmed Supplementary 2025: 2/6
Unconfirmed Top 30 2025: 30/30
Unconfirmed Supplementary 2025: 3/6 (Luke Hanson, per Zero Tackle)

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

2026 Gains: Nil
2026 Losses: Nil

Off Contract: Bunty Afoa, Tom Ale, Tohu Harris, Edward Kosi, Te Maire Martin, Charnze Nicoll-Klokstad, Adam Pompey, Dylan Walker, Kalani Going (S), Tanner Stowers-Smith (S), Demitric Vaimauga (C)

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[Noitall]

https://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/subscribe/news/1/?sourceCode=DTWEB_MRE170_a_GGN&dest=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.dailytelegraph.com.au%2Fsport%2Fnrl%2Fevery-nrl-clubs-train-and-trial-players-heading-in-to-the-2025-preseason%2Fnews-story%2Fbbfb4c73eefffbc5afa262e18f9c37df&memtype=anonymous&mode=premium&v21=GROUPA-Segment-1-NOSCORE

Anyone able to see this article through a paywall? Is Jett Cleary our only train and trial player?

 

[Ozwarrior]

 

[JustLikeStartingOver]

can you have as many train and trials as you want to cut the check for? that seems like a lot of players - good though

 

[Noitall]

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Interesting. Thanks. Good winger this guy, though a poor tackle efficiency. Surely Lussick is on the outer with Healey’s arrival and 3 hookers on train and trial? Jason Salalilo must be highly regarded to go from flegg to here? Similarly for Filipo and Vea. Hope to Eddie Ieremia Toeava’s continued development and surprised Toby Crosby isn’t on that list. Is this train and trial for first grade and go back to their age group sides, or are they on the outer if not picked up?

 

[Noitall]

Aotearoa Warriors Diary: Youngster Report Part Two — The Niche Cache

New Zealand Warriors have another crucial NRL game on Friday night against Wests Tigers and while their chances of finals footy are fading, the finals flame is still flickering.

theniche-cache.com

Little bit about Brandon Norris in here, can’t find much else about him though. No relation to Chuck