| Division | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| # | Premiership Division | MP | W | D | L | TP | Pts | Form |
| 1. | Hawke's Bay | 8 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 280:197 | 34 | |
| 2. | Waikato | 9 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 261:264 | 28 | |
| 3. | Canterbury | 9 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 228:242 | 26 | |
| 4. | Tasman | 8 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 240:187 | 24 | |
| 5. | Wellington | 8 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 270:226 | 20 | |
| 6. | Bay of Plenty | 8 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 222:252 | 19 | |
| 7. | Auckland | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 46:40 | 6 | |
| # | Championship Division | MP | W | D | L | TP | Pts | Form |
| 1. | Taranaki | 8 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 302:181 | 35 | |
| 2. | Manawatu | 8 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 239:229 | 20 | |
| 3. | Otago | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 144:170 | 14 | |
| 4. | Northland | 8 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 167:292 | 8 | |
| 5. | Southland | 7 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 134:222 | 7 | |
| 6. | North Harbour | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 29:34 | 4 | |
| 7. | Counties Manukau | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 27:53 | 0 | |