Every club participating in the George Tooke Shield has committed to entering a team in the women's touch competition and as a result will play against the same teams, at the same grounds, an hour before their male counterparts.

The Yass Valley will have two touch sides in the competition with both the Binalong Brahmans and Yass Magpies registering teams.

President of the Yass Magpies Greg Smith told the Tribune he expects a high quality competition and the Yass team to hold its own.

"They'll have some strong players. Liana [Wylie] is still building the team at this stage but I believe they've got a couple of the Ninja Turtles, who made the final of the Yass comp, so they should do well," he said.

Liana Wylie, who was a member of last year's 'Girlpies' league tag team, has taken up a leadership role after being asked by the Yass Magpies committee to get a team together and is looking forward to the start of the season.

"Last year we played a few games of league tag before the men and it was a lot of fun because it was different but they were only trial games so it's good to have a comp and know we'll be playing more than two games," she said.

"I'm really excited but I don't know what to expect from the other teams as last year Bungendore and Boomanulla were the only ones that had teams [in the league tag].

"Binalong and Bungendore will probably be the teams to beat and obviously Harden because they won their trial match.

"It's just going to be a lot of fun playing before the boys and hopefully we get a lot of support."

The Yass team already being referred to as the 'Magettes' (not to be confused with maggots) will begin training shortly with their first match scheduled for May 3 at 1.30pm against Boomanulla.

The Binalong team will be hoping they shook off some rust after going down to Harden in a trial match at McLean Oval on April 11, and will play their first match before the Brahman's league team on May 2 at Bungendore.

Last year the competition experimented with league tag, and it seemed to be gathering momentum with women enjoying the league rules.

Smith said it was a shame that the league tag format couldn't continue but said the touch rules made it easier to attract players.

"I think a lot of people prefer the league tag, they play touch all summer and would've liked playing something different but the league didn't really have a choice," he said.

"Because of the huge numbers of touch players in the ACT it is easy to help out teams that are struggling for numbers and that will make for a strong competition across the board."