The Warriors don't believe there will be any off field issues by hiring Peter O'Sullivan as their recruitment manager.

The Warriors will sign Peter O'Sullivan as the club's recruitment manager.

The controversial recruitment genius is the man who discovered Roger Tuivasa-Sheck, Greg Inglis, Israel Folau, Billy Slater and more recently Latrell Mitchell.

Warriors CEO Cameron George on Tuesday said O'Sullivan had agreed terms with the rugby league club.

William Booth/ Manukau-Courier Peter O'Sullivan spotted Roger Tuivasa-Sheck's talent when he was playing for Otahuhu in 2011.

"This is a fantastic opportunity for the Warriors to secure someone's services at his level," George said.

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"This is a role that's crucial to our future and we certainly believe that Peter brings a lot to the table in regards to that," George said.

"It now sits with the NRL for registration, as every other employee of any rugby league club does.

"We're waiting for that to happen before he can commence work."

O'Sullivan is regarded as a genius when it comes to spotting talent and played a crucial role in the success of the Storm and the Roosters when he was working with those clubs.

But since 2016 O'Sullivan has been serving an indefinite ban from the NRL, following an investigation into his financial dealings with notorious Australian punter and former brothel owner Eddie Hayson.

O'Sullivan had to explain why a substantial amount of money had been deposited into his account by Hayson.

It's understood that the NRL will agree to lift the ban and it should be confirmed later this week that they will formally approve his registration.

The Warriors grilled O'Sullivan about the ban and his relationship with Hayson, and were convinced that it was all in the past. If the NRL was worried that O'Sullivan had ever provided Hayson any inside information, it's unlikely they'd re-register him.

"We've done our due diligence on what's happened in the past," George said.

"It's been dealt with by the National Rugby League. They've obviously taken whatever action they believe was appropriate.

"More importantly they've advised myself that he's welcome back in the game and that process is being undertaken now in terms of his registration."

A number of clubs have been trying to sign up O'Sullivan after it became likely that the NRL would let him be involved in the sport again.

Most recently, the Sea Eagles have been chasing him and he met with their CEO Lyall Gorman earlier this month. However, the Warriors appear to have won the race to sign the man regarded as the NRL's best talent spotter.

Warriors management are aware that for too long the best young players have been snapped up by Australian NRL clubs and they believe hiring O'Sullivan will reverse the trent.

"He's taken a lot of players out of this country to other clubs, a la Roger Tuivasa-Sheck and many others that are high-profile rugby league players," George said.

"He knows what we have on offer here in New Zealand. and, crucially, he knows if we can retain that talent here in New Zealand, what that does for our future and that's something that we're excited about.

"It was important when we fulfilled this role that we'd have someone who is based here, on the ground and looking throughout New Zealand for the best talent to retain.

"And also be very well connected with the rugby league landscape and the junior bases in Australia.

"He certainly has that connection in place so we have the best of both worlds now."

The NRL is littered with New Zealand born players starring at Australian NRL clubs, including Jason Taumalolo, Nelson Asofa-Solomona, Isaac Liu and Jesse Bromwich, while Adam Blair and Sam Tagataese were swooped up by the Storm while teenagers and have gone on to have lengthy NRL career.

With O'Sullivan on board, there's hope that the player drain will end. It won't be for a few years that O'Sullivan's work bears fruit at the Warriors, but the club's fans could feel that with Smith, Alex Corvo and now O'Sullivan, the dream team to support Stephen Kearney is complete.​