| Division | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| # | Premiership Division | MP | W | D | L | TP | Pts | Form |
| 1. | Canterbury | 10 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 397:219 | 40 | |
| 2. | Taranaki | 10 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 338:259 | 37 | |
| 3. | Tasman | 10 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 306:234 | 34 | |
| 4. | Counties Manukau | 10 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 284:234 | 34 | |
| 5. | Waikato | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 269:259 | 30 | |
| 6. | Auckland | 10 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 335:302 | 30 | |
| 7. | Hawke's Bay | 10 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 253:385 | 15 | |
| # | Championship Division | MP | W | D | L | TP | Pts | Form |
| 1. | Otago | 10 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 290:267 | 34 | |
| 2. | Wellington | 10 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 302:298 | 32 | |
| 3. | North Harbour | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 262:263 | 26 | |
| 4. | Bay of Plenty | 10 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 302:316 | 23 | |
| 5. | Manawatu | 10 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 259:266 | 23 | |
| 6. | Southland | 10 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 201:396 | 11 | |
| 7. | Northland | 10 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 280:380 | 11 | |