Tigers player Kristy Mansell had dragged her along and when then-coach Matt Tabbenor told her she'd be playing in the backline, she had no idea where that was or what to do.

"Tackle," he told Jordan.

And so she did, and will continue to do when she lines up for her 50^th game on the weekend, the first of the Tigers' women to mark that milestone.

It will also come against the Bushrangers, who hammered her Tigers by more than 100 points in that debut game, with Saturday's clash a chance to enact revenge.

"[Tackling] is much all I do now, there's not much difference between game [one] and game 50," Jordan said.

"I didn't think I'd be the first to 50, I feel like the other girls have been here longer but I guess with injuries and work I've somehow got here first."

However, she's proud to be the first to get there having treasured the chance to play as much as she had, and while she hasn't considered if she'll make 100, Jordan can't imagine life in Orange without playing footy.

"It's become a part of the routine on Saturday morning," she said.

Some of those Saturday mornings have had good memories for the defender, who loves warm-up routines all the way through to the clash of bodies on the field.

Favourite memories include a half-time song and dance in the change rooms during a semi-final to stay warm while heavy fog delayed a clash with Dubbo after teammate and fellow defender Amy Symons spear tackling an opponent who'd been niggling Jordan into a puddle.

Jordan has had the chance to see the whole of the women's competition, from inception to 2019, and is stoked to see the standard improving to the level it has today.

"The competition's come a long way, and the competition between clubs has come a long way, it's good to have familiar faces with girls you've played with in representative teams or from carnivals," she said.

Not only that, the relationship between the men's and women's sides has come a long way, with this season helping improve that with both sides warming up together at training, something Jordan said is "really beneficial" for her and her teammates.

After several seasons, this year, she hopes, is the year the Tigers women bring home a flag even in a tight competition.

"This year will see a lot of change amongst the female teams I reckon," she said.

"Especially with Giants clearly a very strong team as opposed to the Bushrangers from almost every season played previously as well the combined Parkes/Dubbo side, but with 'coach no-nonsense [Nita] Noble' leading us ladies, a flag will be well earned and long overdue - I think it's about time we brought one home!"

The Tigers take on Bathurst Bushrangers in Bathurst from 12.30pm, while the men's side has the bye.