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-Player20252026202720282029
1Bunty Afoa✔
2Tom Ale✔
3Mitchell Barnett✔✔✔
4Rocco Berry✔✔
5Tanah Boyd✔✔
6Kurt Capewell✔✔
7Erin Clark✔✔✔
8Wayde Egan✔✔✔
9James Fisher-Harris✔✔✔✔
10Jackson Ford✔✔✔
11Leka Halasima✔✔✔
Morgan Harper✔
12Chanel Harris-Tavita✔✔
13Sam Healey✔✔✔
14Edward Kosi✔
15Jacob Laban✔✔
16Ali Leiataua✔✔✔
17Freddy Lussick✔✔
18Te Maire Martin✔
19Luke Metcalf✔✔
20Charnze Nicoll-Klokstad✔
21Marata Niukore✔✔
22Adam Pompey✔✔✔
23Tanner Stowers-Smith✔
24Taine Tuaupiki✔✔
25Roger Tuivasa-Sheck✔✔
26Demitric Vaimauga✔✔✔✔
27Dylan Walker✔
28Dallin Watene-Zelezniak✔✔✔
S1Kayliss FaitialofaS
S2Kalani GoingS
S3Luke HansonS
S4Eddie Ieremia-ToeavaS✔✔
S5Sio KaliS
S6Patrick MoimoiS
-Kahu CapperTT
-Jett ClearyTSS
-Motu PasikalaT✔✔
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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Ref said:
F*** me this should be called the Fantasy Thread.
Anyways Brandon Smith was great as a Cameron Smith back up and running random bench guy.
Decent for the Kiwis too.
No F***** way the Warriors would sign him.
He fails all criteria.
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Yeah can only dream of Jock Madden. That money SJ turned down should just about cover his salary
 
Five&Last said:
Some of this reporting makes no sense to me.

They made a huge announcement on the Motu Pasikala re-signing only for him to be on a train and trial.

They're now over the development contract limit with 7. Maybe Kalani Going moves into the top 30?

Not going to lie, a little bit surprised that Kayliss Fatialofa got one. Great future player, but hasn't really stamped his mark at NSW cup level yet. I'm not sure what his best case scenario ceiling looks like either?? Maybe a slimmer Siosifa Talakai?

Sio Kali getting one isn't really a surprise. Dude is future NRL star if he can stay injury free long enough (fingers crossed)

Been re-watching some of the Eddie Ieremea-Toeava highlights. He already has by far the highest motor I've ever seen from a Warriors prospect (some future Simon Mannering shit) but theres some serious athletic ability I missed or forgotten about. Some of those break aways down the sideline and corner dives are amazing for a dude his size. He doesn't have the skill level, speed or feet that Halasima has. Development isn't linear though. Could Eddie end up being the most successful first grader of this crop of juniors in 10 years time?

They most rate Patrick Moimoi very highly. To get another development contract after missing the year with an ACL injury. I'd be giving him the year to work his way back through NSW cup first.

Neither hooker prospect Jacob Auloa or Makaia Tafua got one? Will either leave off the back of that especially with us signing Sam Healey?
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There's a bit of a logjam of youth edge forwards coming through and for a while I thought Eddie Ieremea-Toeava could be the one that misses out, sitting behind Laban and Halasima in the pecking order. But if you think he has a Mannering style engine, then maybe he should focus on lock?
With Kalani Going playing at lock most weeks at NSW Cup level, I haven't really seen much of any of the kids at that position. So there could be an opportunity there as the other youth middle forwards all seem to be sharing time at Prop.
 
Ferdie said:
There's a bit of a logjam of youth edge forwards coming through and for a while I thought Eddie Ieremea-Toeava could be the one that misses out, sitting behind Laban and Halasima in the pecking order. But if you think he has a Mannering style engine, then maybe he should focus on lock?
With Kalani Going playing at lock most weeks at NSW Cup level, I haven't really seen much of any of the kids at that position. So there could be an opportunity there as the other youth middle forwards all seem to be sharing time at Prop.
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For memory I think Ale was the only other player to spend any time at lock apart from Going in nsw cup?
 
Was having a look at the storm forum to see what the thinking was behind the Pezet extension. One poster made a really good point. Why is the clause in Pezet’s contract only attached to Hughes? Braith Anasta is the agent of Pezet and Munster, but as the poster said that they could see Pezet just as possible as the future five eighth as halfback with Munster missing a good portion of last season to injury and in the last week had both hips operated on
 
People are quick to forget how good cheese was in his prime- arguably the best hooker in the game- he’s won premierships and had some barn burners for the kiwis.
His main weapon was his explosiveness though and age and injury have robbed him of that so I wouldn’t touch him now tbh but that doesn’t take away from what he’s achieved in his career.
 
Defence said:
People are quick to forget how good cheese was in his prime- arguably the best hooker in the game- he’s won premierships and had some barn burners for the kiwis.
His main weapon was his explosiveness though and age and injury have robbed him of that so I wouldn’t touch him now tbh but that doesn’t take away from what he’s achieved in his career.
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Even in his prime he was nothing but a good bench hooker, if that. Well off being considered the best hooker in the game.
Only won one premiership where he contributed consistently during the season for the Storm in 2020 and even so that was behind the greatest hooker of all time.
 
Defence said:
People are quick to forget how good cheese was in his prime- arguably the best hooker in the game- he’s won premierships and had some barn burners for the kiwis.
His main weapon was his explosiveness though and age and injury have robbed him of that so I wouldn’t touch him now tbh but that doesn’t take away from what he’s achieved in his career.
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Agreed, always remember him ripping Aussie a new asshole in 2018 I think it was.
At his best he was a great 60 minute hooker that had a bustling running game.
I think he hasn’t got back to his best as a hooker since he started that hybrid lock hooker role he played at the Storm.
 
WA Warrior said:
Agreed, always remember him ripping Aussie a new asshole in 2018 I think it was.
At his best he was a great 60 minute hooker that had a bustling running game.
I think he hasn’t got back to his best as a hooker since he started that hybrid lock hooker role he played at the Storm.
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Always remember him being too tired to tackle a bloke through the middle against Australia in the RLWC.
Pity we have never been able to have him and Jeremy Marshall-King fit for long at the same time.
 
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