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	Tohu Harris	✔	✔
10	Chanel Harris-Tavita	✔	✔	M
11	Shaun Johnson	✔
12	Edward Kosi	✔	✔
13	Jacob Laban	✔	✔	✔
14	Ali Leiataua	✔	✔
15	Freddy Lussick	✔	✔	✔
16	Zyon Maiu’u	✔	✔	✔
17	Te Maire Martin	✔	✔
18	Luke Metcalf	✔	✔	✔
19	Marcelo Montoya	✔	✔
20	Charnze Nicoll-Klokstad	✔	✔
21	Marata Niukore	✔	✔	✔
22	Adam Pompey	✔	✔
23	Demitric Sifakula	✔	✔	T
24	Jazz Tevaga	✔
25	Taine Tuaupiki	✔	✔
26	Roger Tuivasa-Sheck	✔	✔	✔
27	Dylan Walker	✔	✔
28	Dallin Watene-Zelezniak	✔	✔
D1	Ben Farr	D
D2	Etuane Fukofuka	D
D3	Leka Halasima	D	D	✔
D4	Patrick Moimoi	D
D5	Tanner Stowers-Smith	D
-	James Fisher-Harris	-	✔	✔	✔	✔

key: T = Team option, M = Mutual option, P = Player option, D = Development contract

Confirmed Top 30 2024: 28/30
Confirmed Development 2024: 5/6

Confirmed Top 30 2025: 26/30
Confirmed Development 2025: 1/6

2025 Gains: James Fisher-Harris (Panthers), Jett Cleary (Panthers)
2025 Losses: Addin Fonua-Blake (Sharks)
2025 Off Contract: Shaun Johnson, Jazz Tevaga

 

[Noitall]

Fixed that for you…… you know who you are!!!!

Always important to remember there are just as many minge flaps as dickheads for balance

 

[Noitall]

A million for walsh? whats that- like $20,000 per error?
I hope they break the bank on him.

Surely another team goes in hard at that price? They wanking on about interest in nfl down the line from Walsh in the article. Interesting the high profile players that have player options in their favour with new deals these days. People like David Fifita and Dylan Brown for example have an option in their favour for every year of their deals with their clubs.

 

[Inruin]

Peter Badel reporting Walsh close to signing a 4 million dollar deal to see him at the club till end of 2028/2029.




Will be interesting to see where this leaves the broncos salary cap.

They have off loaded Flegler, Farnworth and Capewell but haven't they now upgraded Mam, Walsh, Haas?

Must be some pressure coming on to balance the cap and it would be hard for them to match offers for some of their other players if clubs come knocking with a good offer that is a significant upgrade on what they are already on?

 

[juju]

A million for walsh? whats that- like $20,000 per error?
I hope they break the bank on him.

We would have been paying him more... had he wished to remain in NZ.

 

[MurrayTD]

Surely another team goes in hard at that price? They wanking on about interest in nfl down the line from Walsh in the article. Interesting the high profile players that have player options in their favour with new deals these days. People like David Fifita and Dylan Brown for example have an option in their favour for every year of their deals with their clubs.

Even if it is just to fuck with the Broncos salary cap, offer an increased amount of say $250k per season (safely knowing he is unlikely to leave Brisbane) to drive up his price and eat into the overall cap space of the Donkeys.

 

[Noitall]

They have off loaded Flegler, Farnworth and Capewell but haven't they now upgraded Mam, Walsh, Haas?

Must be some pressure coming on to balance the cap and it would be hard for them to match offers for some of their other players if clubs come knocking with a good offer that is a significant upgrade on what they are already on?

Word is that roosters have identified Cobbo as one of their targets and could dangle that carrot they did with Manu about potentially playing fullback as that’s apparently an aspiration of his. Farnsworth was also apparently and left because of Walsh blocking his opportunity. Roosters also apparently have identified Max Jorgensen as a target too to defect from rugby and would be likely viewed as fullback. Zac Lomax is the other so one would assume that Lomax would be to replace Manu, Cobbo to replace Tupou and Jorgensen to replace Tedesco?

 

[Defence]

We would have been paying him more... had he wished to remain in NZ.

Dodged a bullet there then. Cnk has been fantastic at a fraction of the cost.

 

[juju]

Dodged a bullet there then. Cnk has been fantastic at a fraction of the cost.

I totally agree... but who knows in a parallel universe who it would of worked out with Webster.
His marketability in last years hysteria would be something to behold.

 

[Noitall]

Dodged a bullet there then. Cnk has been fantastic at a fraction of the cost.

Always remember seeing on the broncos forum from a poster that said there was an understanding between Warriors and broncos that Walsh would come over and develop in first grade and go back to the broncos. No idea if there’s any truth to it but the way it all went down around RTS leaving to rugby and his return seems like there’s potential of some truth to it?

 

[John Nick]

Always important to remember there are just as many minge flaps as dickheads for balance

Very nice way of getting your thoughts across

 

[Noitall]

Very nice way of getting your thoughts across

I know which one I’d rather be talking to head on and it’s not the one with one eye winking at me

 

[MrFrankWhite]

I’m still on the JT bus until it crashes and burns…

 

[JaggedJ]

Fixed that for you…… you know who you are!!!!

*JaggedJ has entered the chat*

Howz it goin'?

Walsh will be worth 1mil - sometimes, but there's an element of Russian roulette with his mistakes.

Whatever attacks that Bronco salary cap is all good by me.

 

[Noitall]

I’m still on the JT bus until it crashes and burns…

He’s playing like he’s struggling with the speed of the game or somethings up over there.

 

[Boston Boy]

He’s playing like he’s struggling with the speed of the game or somethings up over there.

Do you think having him on an edge would reduce his defensive work rate a little? Or would he be a liability being a little less agile out on the edge? He would sure take some stopping defensively running at holes.

 

[Noitall]

Do you think having him on an edge would reduce his defensive work rate a little? Or would he be a liability being a little less agile out on the edge? He would sure take some stopping defensively running at holes.

Went and had a look at his stats after I made that post and by no means a disgrace, but when you consider his place in the game and salary perhaps a bit underwhelming though hard to judge in a pre season match. 11 runs for 92m and 95% tackle efficiency but looked to be going through the motions. Will be interesting to see how the cowboys go because watching them lately I’ve been so glad that Payton backflipped on us. As mentioned earlier about staying patient regarding the prop or props we need, we ended up with Webster. Thanks Todd for not staying and giving Justin Morgan and Viliami Vailea a home.

 

[MrFrankWhite]

He’s playing like he’s struggling with the speed of the game or somethings up over there.

I’d say he’s struggling with giving a fuck. He hates Payton, Payton hates him.

2023 stats averages *16 games played
48mins
143m
21 tackes
2.5 missed tackles
2 tackle busts

Nothing to sneeze at if Cows pay freight.

 

[Noitall]

I’d say he’s struggling with giving a fuck. He hates Payton, Payton hates him.

2023 stats averages
48mins
143m
21 tackes
2.5 missed tackles
2 tackle busts

Nothing to sneeze at if Cows pay freight.

On potential he’s the closest to AFB we could hope for I reckon. Hard to say how busted this knee is also

 

[Mr. Brownstone]

Dodged a bullet there then. Cnk has been fantastic at a fraction of the cost.

You forgetting that irrelevant game last year, otherwise known as the prelim final? CNK has been great however Walsh is in a different stratosphere.

 

[Boston Boy]

You forgetting that irrelevant game last year, otherwise known as the prelim final? CNK has been great however Walsh is in a different stratosphere.

True bro, I love CNK and rate him top 5 fullbacks with my Warriors glasses. Reece on a normal day is top 5, on his best days he is number 1 and can single-handedly destroy oppositions. I am happy with CNK, it’s just reality that Reece is a freak.