{"id":415347,"date":"2026-05-07T00:16:08","date_gmt":"2026-05-07T00:16:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/415347\/"},"modified":"2026-05-07T00:16:08","modified_gmt":"2026-05-07T00:16:08","slug":"luke-metcalfs-management-seeks-meeting-with-warriors-over-his-future-at-halfback","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/415347\/","title":{"rendered":"Luke Metcalf\u2019s management seeks meeting with Warriors over his future at halfback"},"content":{"rendered":"

The 27-year-old was an unused substitute during the Warriors\u2019 win over the Eels<\/a> as the combination of Boyd and incumbent five-eighth Chanel Harris-Tavita led the Warriors to victory. The pair are unbeaten in six matches together. The Warriors\u2019 other win saw Boyd link up with Luke Hanson in his NRL debut against the Newcastle Knights.<\/a><\/p>\n

The report says there is no suggestion that Metcalf wants to quit his deal, but he apparently wants to play halfback, not five-eighth, long term.<\/p>\n

Metcalf re-signed with the Warriors during the off-season<\/a> until the end of the 2028 season, despite his long injury history. He has reached double-figure appearances just twice, in 2023 and 2025.<\/p>\n

Adding to the unease are further reports that Boyd, who is off contract at the end of the season, is close to re-signing with the Warriors. Last season, he was approached by two Queensland clubs, but took up the player-option to stay at the Warriors<\/a>, even though at the time he had played only for the reserves.<\/p>\n

Harris-Tavita, who recently played his 100th match for the Warriors, is also off contract, and reports said he was in discussions to link up with former coach Todd Payten at the North Queensland Cowboys.<\/p>\n

After the win over the Eels, Warriors coach Andrew Webster hinted he would be sticking with the combination of Boyd and Harris-Tavita, <\/a>which is what likely sparked Metcalf\u2019s management to ask for an explanation.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m not making any changes to them,\u201d Webster said. \u201cThey deserve to stay there, and they\u2019ve done a good job.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019re just picking the team on form. Luke\u2019s done nothing wrong. He\u2019s a good player and, if the opportunity comes, he\u2019ll take it. But right now this is the best thing for the team.\u201c<\/p>\n

In nine games, Boyd has three tries and 10 assists, while Harris-Tavita has three tries and five assists in six games.<\/p>\n

The Warriors entered the season facing a huge halves dilemma<\/a>, although it appeared at the time that Metcalf would be the least of their worries.<\/p>\n

On the books, the Warriors have Metcalf, Harris-Tavita, Boyd, Te Maire Martin and Jye Linnane in their top 30, with Jett Cleary and Luke Hanson on development deals. Jack Thompson and former Tasman Mako Harry Inch<\/a> are part of the Jersey Flegg (Under-21) side.<\/p>\n

Harris-Tavita, Martin, Boyd and Hanson are all off contract on November 1 and, with Cleary getting a top-30 promotion in 2027, it is unlikely the Warriors can keep them all.<\/p>\n

Webster has said they don\u2019t want to lose Harris-Tavita.<\/p>\n

The Herald has contacted Metcalf\u2019s management group for further comment.<\/p>\n

The Warriors have a bye this weekend and next play on May 17, when they face the Broncos in Brisbane as part of the NRL Magic Round.<\/p>\n

Ben Francis<\/a> is an Auckland-based reporter for the New Zealand Herald, covering breaking sports news.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The 27-year-old was an unused substitute during the Warriors\u2019 win over the Eels as the combination of Boyd…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":415348,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[16425,1975,6726,18836,36729,3273,26882,60800,293,48425,102883,1044,2374,104116,111,139,69,1523,2171,13310,21311,17182,40249,27950,213,3006,102],"class_list":["post-415347","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-sports","tag-appears","tag-at","tag-become","tag-club","tag-dilemma","tag-future","tag-halfback","tag-halves","tag-his","tag-longterm","tag-luke","tag-management","tag-meeting","tag-metcalfs","tag-new-zealand","tag-newzealand","tag-nz","tag-over","tag-plans","tag-poised","tag-problem","tag-reportedly","tag-seeking","tag-seeks","tag-sports","tag-warriors","tag-with"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/415347","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=415347"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/415347\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/415348"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=415347"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=415347"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=415347"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}