| Division | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| # | Premiership Division | MP | W | D | L | TP | Pts | Form |
| 1. | Canterbury | 10 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 307:177 | 43 | |
| 2. | Hawke's Bay | 10 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 302:219 | 37 | |
| 3. | Auckland | 10 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 339:232 | 37 | |
| 4. | Tasman | 10 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 331:236 | 36 | |
| 5. | Taranaki | 10 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 290:175 | 32 | |
| 6. | Counties Manukau | 10 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 248:262 | 23 | |
| 7. | Waikato | 10 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 225:281 | 21 | |
| # | Championship Division | MP | W | D | L | TP | Pts | Form |
| 1. | Wellington | 10 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 304:178 | 34 | |
| 2. | Otago | 10 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 360:314 | 32 | |
| 3. | Bay of Plenty | 10 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 212:258 | 19 | |
| 4. | Manawatu | 10 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 248:367 | 19 | |
| 5. | North Harbour | 10 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 212:294 | 17 | |
| 6. | Southland | 10 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 217:325 | 14 | |
| 7. | Northland | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 143:420 | 1 | |