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	Jett Cleary	✔	S	S
9	Wayde Egan	✔	✔	✔
10	James Fisher-Harris	✔	✔	✔	✔
11	Jackson Ford	✔	✔	✔
12	Leka Halasima	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔
13	Morgan Harper	✔
14	Chanel Harris-Tavita	✔	✔
15	Sam Healey	✔	✔	✔
16	Edward Kosi	✔
17	Jacob Laban	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔
18	Ali Leiataua	✔	✔	✔
19	Jye Linnane	✔	✔	✔	✔
20	Freddy Lussick	✔	✔
21	Te Maire Martin	✔	✔
22	Luke Metcalf	✔	✔
23	Charnze Nicoll-Klokstad	✔	✔	✔
24	Marata Niukore	✔	✔
25	Adam Pompey	✔	✔	✔
26	Tanner Stowers-Smith	✔	✔	✔
27	Taine Tuaupiki	✔	✔
28	Roger Tuivasa-Sheck	✔	✔
29	Demitric Vaimauga	✔	✔	✔	✔
30	Dallin Watene-Zelezniak	✔	✔	✔
S1	Kayliss Fatialofa	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
-	Morgan Gannon	-	✔	✔	✔
-	Haizyn Mellars	✔	✔	✔
-	Motu Pasikala	T	?	?

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

Top 30 2026: 29/30
Supplementary 2026: 1/6

2026 Gains: Morgan Gannon (Leeds Rhinos), Haizyn Mellars (South Sydney Rabbitohs)
2026 Losses: Edward Kosi (South Sydney Rabbitohs)

Off Contract: Bunty Afoa, Tom Ale, Morgan Harper
Can negotiate with other clubs from Nov 1, 2025 (Entering final year) : Rocco Berry, Tanah Boyd, Kurt Capewell, Chanel Harris-Tavita, Freddy Lussick, Te Maire Martin, Luke Metcalf, Marata Niukore, Taine Tuaupiki, Roger Tuivasa-Sheck

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[WahsaurusRex]

Agar gave him his debut so I guess that’s the connection there

But from the looks he is a second rower.. Why on earth are we looking at a second rower at all when we have Laban, Leka and Ieremia who are all >21 edge players themselves?? Let alone one from England

 

[Worried2Death]

Agar gave him his debut so I guess that’s the connection there

But from the looks he is a second rower.. Why on earth are we looking at a second rower at all when we have Laban, Leka and Ieremia who are all >21 edge players themselves?? Let alone one from England

Can he play lock?

 

[BangBro's (still banging)]

Bayley Sironen. Welcome home son

Future captain still on the cards!

 

[Playdaball]

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0jhAzJ-TMxM

 

[tajhay]

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Any help?

WARRIORS TARGET SUPER LEAGUE YOUNG GUN​

The Warriors have wasted little time trying to secure a Dylan Walker replacement after offering young English forward Morgan Gannon a long-term deal.
It is understood the Warriors have put a three-year contract offer on the table for Gannon to consider who is in the final year of his deal at Leeds. At just 21, Gannon has already played more than 50 Super League games.

Morgan Gannon. Picture: Instagram
He has made his comeback this year after missing the entire 2024 season to recover from concussion. Gannon suffered a concussion in a pre-season game in February last year and give his history opted to take a year off. He has successfully returned to the field this season prompting the Warriors to pursue him heavily.
A host of Super League clubs are also keen to secure him.

 

[Playdaball]

Fits the mould - young , no family here in NZ or friends ... will be granted an early release from his contract , based on compassionate grounds

 

[WA Warrior]

WARRIORS TARGET SUPER LEAGUE YOUNG GUN​

The Warriors have wasted little time trying to secure a Dylan Walker replacement after offering young English forward Morgan Gannon a long-term deal.
It is understood the Warriors have put a three-year contract offer on the table for Gannon to consider who is in the final year of his deal at Leeds. At just 21, Gannon has already played more than 50 Super League games.

Morgan Gannon. Picture: Instagram
He has made his comeback this year after missing the entire 2024 season to recover from concussion. Gannon suffered a concussion in a pre-season game in February last year and give his history opted to take a year off. He has successfully returned to the field this season prompting the Warriors to pursue him heavily.
A host of Super League clubs are also keen to secure him.

Don't like that concussion history….

 

[BangBro's (still banging)]

WARRIORS TARGET SUPER LEAGUE YOUNG GUN​

The Warriors have wasted little time trying to secure a Dylan Walker replacement after offering young English forward Morgan Gannon a long-term deal.
It is understood the Warriors have put a three-year contract offer on the table for Gannon to consider who is in the final year of his deal at Leeds. At just 21, Gannon has already played more than 50 Super League games.

Morgan Gannon. Picture: Instagram
He has made his comeback this year after missing the entire 2024 season to recover from concussion. Gannon suffered a copncussion in a pre-season game in February last year and give his history opted to take a year off. He has successfully returned to the field this season prompting the Warriors to pursue him heavily.
A host of Super League clubs are also keen to secure him.

A whole season missed for concussion oh dear.

 

[WahsaurusRex]

Very mature decision of him to take a year off but if that isn’t the biggest red flag in the history of red flags I don’t know what is

That shit doesn’t just heal all the way better after playing Xbox for a year

 

[Noitall]

Google Search

190cm and 101kg, so fairly tall. Has played predominantly second row

 

[Inruin]

Is this serious? Have we lost the plot? Nothing about this guy looks better than any of the second row players we have coming through and a year off for concussion based on his previous history? Where are our wing options?

 

[BangBro's (still banging)]

Very mature decision of him to take a year off but if that isn’t the biggest red flag in the history of red flags I don’t know what is

That shit doesn’t just heal all the way better after playing Xbox for a year

Especially when you consider Egan played a whole season concussed.

 

[MrFrankWhite]

Is this serious? Have we lost the plot? Nothing about this guy looks better than any of the second row players we have coming through and a year off for concussion based on his previous history? Where are our wing options?

This reeks of Agar

 

[Worried2Death]

Is this serious? Have we lost the plot? Nothing about this guy looks better than any of the second row players we have coming through and a year off for concussion based on his previous history? Where are our wing options?

I can only surmise they think this guy could be the next Tom Hazelton

 

[CWC]

What dafuq is this? Ginger for diversity? One of our juniors will be asking for a release.

21 means he has no experience nor ball playin skills, or wing ability, and could be home sick or concussed into retirement

 

[Worried2Death]

What dafuq is this? Ginger for diversity? One of our juniors will be asking for a release.

21 means he has no experience nor ball playin skills, or wing ability, and could be home sick or concussed into retirement

Don't stir up the gingers, there's joyous celebration at this news in their community, it takes all sorts I say.

 

[snake77]

I like that we are being active. It is a bit strange with some good young back rowers on our books already. We won't know their thinking unless this signing works out and the media ask the right questions.

The year out with concussion symptoms is a worry. Good on him for taking the year off, you see that more in union than league. A good decision to give it time. You would still want to do due diligence before signing him.

I read Agar has accepted his suspension. He can't do assistant coaches duties on game day or travel with the team. Have we moved him into the recruitment department?

 

[Worried2Death]

I read Agar has accepted his suspension. He can't do assistant coaches duties on game day or travel with the team. Have we moved him into the recruitment departmen

There's a bit of a stranglehold on his career path right now, only briefly tho

 

[Wahs_Ultras]

We should be chasing Pahulu not this bloke. We need another front rower not back rower, especially with Bunty and Ale potentially on the outer. Also born in NZ which is a bonus

 

[Noitall]

Matty Nicholson has made a good start for raiders. Seems to be a good crop of young British players coming through and he’s highly regarded as one of the best second rowers in super league is Gannon, interesting we seeing him as a lock