| Division | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| # | Premiership Division | MP | W | D | L | TP | Pts | Form |
| 1. | Taranaki | 10 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 390:318 | 42 | |
| 2. | Canterbury | 10 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 445:246 | 41 | |
| 3. | North Harbour | 10 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 331:223 | 37 | |
| 4. | Tasman | 10 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 275:306 | 31 | |
| 5. | Counties Manukau | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 257:297 | 27 | |
| 6. | Auckland | 10 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 235:298 | 18 | |
| 7. | Waikato | 10 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 213:293 | 17 | |
| # | Championship Division | MP | W | D | L | TP | Pts | Form |
| 1. | Wellington | 10 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 407:207 | 47 | |
| 2. | Bay of Plenty | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 285:251 | 28 | |
| 3. | Otago | 10 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 331:269 | 26 | |
| 4. | Northland | 10 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 264:221 | 25 | |
| 5. | Manawatu | 10 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 278:287 | 24 | |
| 6. | Hawke's Bay | 10 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 203:398 | 11 | |
| 7. | Southland | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 154:454 | 1 | |