Baker scored Werris Creek's opening two tries as they made it two-from-two in the Group 4 women's nines with an 18-4 win over Manilla at Ken Chillingworth Oval on Saturday.

Her first gave them a 4-nil lead at half-time. From dummy half she then sliced through from about 40m out to stretch their advantage and set them on their way in the second half.

The opening round two weeks ago was Baker's first time playing tackle.

"It was scary [beforehand], like I was petrified, but it wasn't as bad as what I thought," she said.

"It's a good team to play in, they all back you up so you're not hit out of nowhere."

The Gunnedah native linked up with the Magpies mid-way through the league tag season after playing for Kootingal in 2018.

"I kind of went into retirement," she said.

"I was just working all the time so I didn't have the time to travel to train and everything but then half-way through the season the Creek said do you want to come and have a run with us."

"So a couple of us went over and had a run with them and had heaps of fun so it's good to have a run with them in tackle now."

She did though take a little bit of convincing.

Despite having grown up watching league, and loving the game, Baker said playing tackle wasn't something she had always wanted to do.

"But given the opportunity to play I couldn't say no, I had to give it a go. I can't keep calling all the boys soft if I don't give it a go," she joked.

Saturday was a similar story to the first round, the Magpies kicking away in the second half.

"The game was really close the first half," Baker said.

"The second half we really got our momentum going and started playing a bit more for each other."

Jayme Averillo scored the Tigers' lone try in what was captain-coach Jayne Bevitt said a big improvement on the first round.

With only 12 players available and after running into a fierce wind in the first half, a few "tired legs in the second half" hurt them.

The Magpies were also a much bigger side.

Bevitt said the Tigers are mostly the ladies league tag side, with a couple of additions.

"They were all pretty keen to get out and do this," she said.

They are a bit of a mixed bag - league tag veterans, mums, newcomers - and a real spread of ages. There is 20 years difference between the sides' oldest and youngest player.

"The oldest is 38 and the youngest is 18," Bevitt said.

"But we're like a family really. There's a big age difference but we always look after each other."

She has had a bit of experience playing tackle previously and would like to see the competition grow.

"Hopefully they can make a go of this, make it a good competition," she said.

South West Robins were then given a late scare by Gunnedah, with the Bulldogs scoring two unanswered tries but held on to win 14-12, before Kootingal blew Boggabri away 40-12 to also remain undefeated with one round to play.

That will be next Saturday.