| Division | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| # | Premiership Division | MP | W | D | L | TP | Pts | Form |
| 1. | Auckland | 10 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 343:209 | 46 | |
| 2. | Tasman | 10 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 319:195 | 43 | |
| 3. | Canterbury | 10 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 325:212 | 41 | |
| 4. | Wellington | 10 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 354:202 | 34 | |
| 5. | North Harbour | 10 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 317:297 | 30 | |
| 6. | Counties Manukau | 10 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 218:275 | 17 | |
| 7. | Taranaki | 10 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 203:335 | 13 | |
| # | Championship Division | MP | W | D | L | TP | Pts | Form |
| 1. | Waikato | 10 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 368:243 | 34 | |
| 2. | Otago | 10 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 306:302 | 29 | |
| 3. | Hawke's Bay | 10 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 296:321 | 28 | |
| 4. | Northland | 10 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 276:306 | 24 | |
| 5. | Bay of Plenty | 10 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 253:292 | 21 | |
| 6. | Manawatu | 10 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 202:357 | 14 | |
| 7. | Southland | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 168:402 | 4 | |