Source: Radio New Zealand
Will Warbrick scoring in the 2025 NRL grand final. AAP/Photosport
Will Warbrick is on his way to the Wahs.
The Melbourne Storm winger will join the Warriors on a three-year deal from next season.
The Kawerau-born 28-year-old’s move home comes after veteran Roger Tuivasa-Sheck announced on Friday that he will finish his NRL career with the Warriors at the end of the season to join Wakefield in the Super League.
Warbrick underlined his ability yet again with the second four-try haul of his career in the Storm’s 24-28 round four loss to North Queensland on Saturday night.
New Zealand Warriors general manager recruitment for development and pathways Andrew McFadden said Warbrick has made a brilliant transition to rugby league to become one of the elite wingers in the competition.
Making his NRL debut in 2023, Warbrick has now scored 43 tries in 60 appearances for the Storm while he made a try-scoring test debut for the Kiwis against the Kangaroos in the 2024 Pacific Championships.
Coach Andrew Webster said bringing Warbrick home was a huge coup for the club.
“He’ll be a terrific asset on the wing with his height, pace, aerial ability at both ends of the field, his work rate and attitude. He also comes out of a great system at the Storm.”
Warbrick, who played in the Storm’s back-to-back grand finals in 2024 and 2025, averages more than 150 metres a game across his career while he is returning more than 170 metres a game so far this season.
He switched to rugby league from rugby union in 2022 after spending three years with the All Blacks Sevens, which included being a member of the silver medal-winning squad at the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games.
He has the distinction of representing New Zealand in three codes, not only rugby union and rugby league, but also Australian Rules football.
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