NRL free agency: Which Warriors players are off-contract, who should be re-signed and who will be targeted
November 1 means NRL hunting season has arrived, with 160 players officially hitting the open market today, who are now free to negotiate with rival clubs for 2025 and beyond. The Warriors therefore have some big personnel decisions to make.
The Warriors announced today that Dally M winger of the year Dallin Watene-Zelezniak has signed a new one-year contract, keeping him at Mt Smart until the end of the 2025 NRL season.
The deal sees him extend his stay in Auckland to a fifth season after originally signing in 2021 through to the end of next season.
It comes on the back of a career-best 12th NRL campaign where he scored 24 tries, beating the club’s 20-year-old record of 23 for most touchdowns in a season.
With Watene-Zelezniak wrapped up, the Warriors have further decisions to make regarding some big names at the club.
“What he did this year, he obviously got rewarded for that with the Dally M winger of the year and we want to keep him long term and keep building with the squad that we’ve got,” Warriors general manager recruitment, development and pathways Andrew McFadden told Newstalk ZB’s Nathan Limm.
