Luke Metcalf will stay with the Warriors through the 2028 NRL season. Photo: Photosport
The Warriors have locked in halfback Luke Metcalf to a two-year contract extension which will see him stay in Auckland until the end of the 2028 NRL season.
The 26-year-old was off contract at the end of next season and the club said it was "critical" they kept hold of one of the game's most highly sought-after players.
Metcalf had a strong first half of the 2025 season and was a leading contender for the Dally M Medal despite missing the club's last nine regular season matches with a knee injury.
Taking on the responsibility as the Warriors' chief playmaker this year, Metcalf finished his 15-game campaign with 117 points from eight tries, 42 goals and a field goal, averaged 71 metres a game and had nine try assists, eight line breaks and 28 tackle breaks.
Coach Andrew Webster said Metcalf's signing was "really important for our club's future".
"He showed this season the impact he had on our side and, with the right luck with injury, I know he'll improve again and be dominant."
It is a sentiment shared by the Warriors general manager of recruitment Andrew McFadden.
"What we saw from Luke this season reinforced our thinking from the outset about his huge potential - and he still has lots more development in him," McFadden said.
"What we've always admired about him is his knowledge of the game and his keenness to be involved in all we're doing to take the club forward."
Luke Metcalf of the Warriors is helped off the field after an injury against the Brisbane Broncos. Photo: Tertius Pickard/www.photosport.nz
When Metcalf arrived at the Warriors he had played seven NRL games for the Sharks. He has now played 41 NRL games.
"I'm really happy to get it sorted and get it done. So stoked I can now look to the future and the next few years," Metcalf said of the contract extension.
"I'm so lucky to have a coach like Webby and a CEO like Cam who trust and believe in me.
"They gave me the chance to be a halfback and gave me the keys to the team. They trust me to guide this team around and get to the ultimate goal that we're chasing. That was massive for me to have that. That's something I've only ever wanted in my career."
Metcalf said the ultimate goal - the dream of winning the Warriors' first premiership - was critical in his decision-making process.
"I feel it left a bit of a sour taste in everyone's mouth the way the season finished this year.
"There's that lingering thing of trying to win the Warriors their first comp. That's what keeps me up at night and keeps me motivated. You want to go down in history as one of the greatest teams and greatest players to play the game. For me there was one way to do that and that was by winning a comp here with the Warriors."
Metcalf started his career in the junior grades with the Sharks from 2015-2017, had a stint with Manly Warringah from 2018-2020 and then returned to the Sharks where he made his first-grade debut in 2021.
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